<p>I think our list is final. I have a boy. He can act, sing, and "move", not really trained in a lot of dance (tap-yes, ballet-no, jazz-no). Great grades 4.3/3.89. Low SAT 1750. We should qualify for need based aid- my daughter did. We are on the west coast, so there are virtually no audition programs anywhere near us. He is auditioning for reaches out of state and safeties close. He was accepted to Mpulse and Performing Arts Project last summer so I feel pretty good about at least passing the pre screens.</p>
<p>CMU
Umich pre-screen
TSU Pre-screen
Otterbein pre-screen
Penn State
University OK
USC (BFA Acting)
USC non-audtion BA Acting/MT Minor
Chapman University Acting
UCI non audition MT</p>
<p>Lots of reaches but the safeties are secure choices. Filling out the Common App! Here we go! Thanks for all your help! Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Great list! You are in the best position to evaluate the safeties because you have the complete set of information about your son’s situation but based on the limited info you’ve provided about his grades/scores, are you sure you have a true safety on this list? </p>
<p>I do know kids with stronger academic stats than your son has that did not get into one or the other (or any) of the west coast schools on your list. I do not know what hooks they had/didn’t have nor what your son has so I’m only talking about grades and test scores. It sounds like you’ve thought it through and know what you are doing as you’ve been through it before but just a heads up in case.</p>
<p>Yes. Chapman loves our school. We are a religious based school and so are they. They recruit heavily here. I know people who have auditioned in and he is fine. UCI- he is in the top 9% which guarantees and spot in a UC school (not necessarily your first choice) but we know the stats of other acceptances. My husband went to USC and has been working with one of the programs there for 30 years. We should be good with those.</p>
<p>Agreed! I think it’s a really solid list- best of luck to you and your S! Hope to keep up with you all throughout the audition process. :)</p>
<p>Edit: My only question is regarding “University OK”- do you mean University of Oklahoma (OU)? If so, they also require a pre-screen for on campus auditions for both their BFA Acting and BFA Musical Theatre programs. You may already know that and it just wasn’t listed, but if not that’s something to check out!</p>
<p>Unifieds is the pre-scrren for U of OK. The callback is on campus. We are attending an event that will serve as the Penn State pre screen- but yes they do require one.</p>
<p>One can send in a DVD to OK as the prescreen as well. If you are invited for the on campus audition, they divide the dance part of the audition between dance and “movement.” (lack of formal dance training, should not be an issue). They will place you in one or the other, but you can ask to be in the dance audition even if ‘placed’ in movement. Particularly for OK, Make sure to have song cuts that show off your voice.</p>
<p>If we’re all sharing, my list is as follows. I’ve got a 2100 SAT (though I’ve been scoring in the 2200s as of late) with strong grades - not exactly sure how to put it through to a GPA as schools in my province grade on a scale where an 80% is an A. My cumulative average over the past 3 years is an 88, however. I’m a female and I would say that I’m an actor-singer-dancer, though acting and singing are pretty much equal and dancing is not far behind. I’m primarily looking for conservatory-style training with a larger helping of academics and opportunities to supplement the academic rigour through honours programs and the like.</p>
<p>US:
Elon
Northwestern
Ball State
Indiana
Otterbein
Baldwin-Wallace
Temple</p>
<p>Canada:
Ryerson
Dalhousie
Windsor
Acadia
Sheridan-UTM (this one may come off my list)
Concordia</p>
<p>Elon
Florida State
Baldwin-Wallace
Wright State
Ball State
Illinois Wesleyan
Otterrbein (working on her pre-screen)
U of Oklahoma</p>
<p>In reviewing programs she focused on those where she would get a lot of dance since she feels of the three skills (singing, acting, dance) it’s the one she needs to focus on most. She working on applications right now.</p>
<p>I think the concept of non-audition safeties is interesting. Here’s my take on it: if a “safe” school would get you a degree in music theater, but it wouldn’t provide the kind of training, contacts, etc that you’d need to reach your career goals (hers, for example, is to work for Disney), then just going to a safe school to say you have an MT spot may not be worth the investment. Plus, I can’t tell you how many people I have talked to that indicate you don’t really need an MT degree to meet your profession aspirations, that you should major in another area but perhaps minor in dance, theater, voice, etc.</p>
<p>So my daughter’s plan is to apply to the schools listed, knowing they are all audition schools. If she does not get a spot for a BFA MT degree, then her fallback would be to attend a school on her list that is a state school for us, and she would either be able to re-audition in the fall for a spot in their MT program, or she would choose to major in another discipline like communications (they have one of the best communication schools in the country), and minor in theater or voice or dance (or perhaps two minors), or maybe do a BA in theater rather than a BFA. Either way there’d be a lot of options. What the past year of working with her on this has taught me is that there are a lot of different ways to reach your goal in this business, and while I have no doubts she’ll get a spot in a BFA program, I also have no doubt she’ll reach her goal in other ways if need be.</p>