<p>A former student of mine did the Royal Scottish Academy 1 year post graduate program after finishing college at a BA school in the states. She loved the program at RSA.</p>
<p>Kate,
Thanks so much for the connection with your friend. She has been a marvelous source of information about RSAMD. We will continue our dialogue for months to come.<br>
Gratefully.....</p>
<p>I also received a letter saying I was in the top 5.</p>
<p>frozenchosenak... glad that HH could be a wonderful source of info... Best of Luck!</p>
<p>I checked my status online yesterday and realized I am on the waitlist for CMU acting. This school is very first choice and I know I would truly be happy there. So I would to know if there is any real chance of me being taken off the wait list and put into the school.</p>
<p>I checked my status online yesterday and realized I am on the waitlist for CMU acting. This school is very first choice and I know I would truly be happy there. So I would to know if there is any real chance of me being taken off the wait list and put into the school. Where any of you accepted after being put on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Hi… my daughter was on the “priority waitlist” 4 years ago for musical theatre. They sent her a form which was a contract to say that if after the 5 people made their decisions and one of them did not accept, she would take their place. She signed it because she thought CM might have been the stronger MT program even though she really wanted to go to NYU because NY was always her dream. She was instructed to call CM on a certain day to find out if she was accepted. When she called they told her that all 5 people accepted and therefore, since she was the next in line (6th) she was not going to be able to be accepted. She was actually happy to have gone to NYU in the end. I’m not sure if Acting does it the same as Musical Theatre, and again this was 4 years ago. Good Luck but there are many good schools!</p>
<p>Hey, does anyone who get off from priority wait list today?</p>
<p>WE had to agree to pay $600 to Carnegie Mellon to be taken off the waitlist to be considered…this did not seem like an option, at $50,000+ a year, so he accepted his 1st choice at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and we were thrilled he did.<br>
Their three year BA Acting program was about $26,000 a year and better rated in the world…there are good options available:<br>
[10</a> Best Acting Schools In The World | Made Manual](<a href=“http://www.mademan.com/mm/10-best-acting-schools-world.html]10”>http://www.mademan.com/mm/10-best-acting-schools-world.html)</p>
<p>I am unclear what you mean, frozenchosenak. My D was on the Priority Waitlist in the past for CMU. Nothing was paid to stay on the Priority Waitlist. I still have the correspondence. You use the words “taken off the wait list to be considered”…do you mean offered a spot in the class? IF offered a spot in the class, a deposit would be required, yes. To hold a spot on the wait list itself requires no money.</p>
<p>PS, I just looked at the letter my D got and it says IF you are ADMITTED to CMU from the wait list, then a deposit will be due immediately. There was no deposit to stay in the wait list while waiting to see if admitted. Every college I know, in order to hold a spot IF admitted, you do give a deposit. I have never heard of a deposit while in the wait list itself anywhere.</p>
<p>I will just add that the link of “best acting schools” is not a list I would go by because it doesn’t even delineate undergraduate programs from graduate school ones. For example, Yale, American Repertory Theater, and American Conservatory Theater are all Grad school programs, not undergrad. </p>
<p>For undergraduate BFA Acting degrees, I believe that within the US, CMU is extremely well regarded as a so called “top program.”</p>
<p>Agree that CMU is expensive but many who attend the BFA program do not pay the sticker price. My D was offered a scholarship there for $13,600 and I doubt she is unique in that way. It’s still expensive but not $50,0000 for those offered scholarships and aid.</p>
<p>Things must have changed because we received communication from CMU, when he was on the waitlist telling us that if we paid $600, he would be put on the Priority Waitlist, but never indicated what his chances would be of actually getting accepted. This was not a deposit to hold a spot, that I was aware of. It didn’t seem right to us…</p>
<p>Perhaps the letter changed since my D got hers! This was in 2005.</p>
<p>From talking to several students in the program, some scholarship money was offered the first year, but they experienced very little $$$$$ each successive year. The anticipated debt wasn’t something we could incur, no matter how good the department’s reputation.<br>
I don’t doubt the quality of instruction, in any way…</p>
<p>I understand completely. :D</p>
<p>I found the opposite to be happening, as has much of my classmates. Because there’s so few of us, they can’t afford to lose us, so they have to keep the money up. Each year I’ve gotten more in my financial aid packet.</p>
<p>I am sooooooooo glad to here this!!! Change is good!</p>
<p>Just to chime in here - my son got a nice merit scholarship from CMU, and it definitely lasted all four years. I haven’t heard of scholarships or financial aid disappearing without good reason. In addition, he was able to earn some money tutoring starting sophomore year. Many students also get apartments starting sophomore year, which saves on room and board since Pittsburgh is considerably cheaper than New York, for instance. So people should not be afraid to apply to CMU just because of the money.</p>
<p>I also have not heard of scholarships disappearing without good reason at any college. My D did not go to CMU, but got a very generous scholarship at her BFA school that was for all four years. In addition to that, which we knew when she was accepted (the amount and that it would be for all four years), in senior year she received three more smaller scholarships from the university…so it even went up. It is rare for it to go down without just cause. </p>
<p>I have another daughter accepted to CMU for grad school this year, though she has chosen to attend elsewhere. The program she was accepted to states clearly on their website, as well as she was told by the head via email last fall, that they give NO scholarships to this program. Alas, when accepted, she was offered a very nice scholarship to CMU, and they even increased the amount before she gave her reply. </p>
<p>This all is shared, along with pennmom, that you should not be afraid to apply due to cost until you truly hear about the offers. The price tag may not be the final cost. :)</p>
<p>One other thought - CMU tries very hard to make sure all entering freshmen graduate. Professors are strict about making sure students get to class on time, don’t skip and complete all work, bit even those who fall short are asked to leave for a year then invited back if they then feel more capable of handling the intense program. So I doubt very much the school would take scholarship money away from anyone.</p>