Screen Acting Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I want to go to a college that offers Screen Acting as a major. </p>

<p>The three colleges that do are:
Chapman University
NYU
USC</p>

<p>I'd like to attend Chapman, but you can only apply to the Screen Acting program after your freshman year, and I don't want to not get accepted into the program.</p>

<p>NYU is expensive, and very competitive. </p>

<p>I've had trouble finding information on USC's screen acting programs. Looking at the website it seems at if they don't have any at all. </p>

<p>Any other suggestions are definitely welcomed! I know that I'm still very young, but I also know that screen acting is my passion. I've done multiple student films with full sail and FSU, as well as professional theatre in the area. </p>

<p>All advice and opinions welcomed!</p>

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<p>Having a screen acting major isn’t going to help you get jobs as a screen actor. Nobody in film cares what your resume says, they just want to see if you’re up to the job. It would only be useful for teaching and coaching positions. Most schools that have a film program at all will have a major in film with an emphasis in writing or directing or acting or whatever.</p>

<p>If you really want to get into acting, I’d suggest you go to a school with an active film community and get involved. NYU and USC are hotspots for that, but so is UCLA and a number of other smaller schools in California. UT-Austin has an active film community and so does the city of Austin in general. I’m sure there are others as well. NY and LA are going to be the most active, but also the most competitive. Lots of actors in Hollywood never went to college at all.</p>

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<p>FYI, there is a forum here devoted to theater/drama majors which includes discussion of screen acting programs. </p>

<p>[Theater/Drama</a> Majors - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/]Theater/Drama”>Theater/Drama Majors - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>Also, if you look at the bottom of this thread you will see links to similar threads that you may find helpful. Good luck!</p>

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<p>USC does not have a Screen Acting Major. The BFA program there is for theatre, however, part of the curriculum is film acting and voiceover classes. I feel the teachers in the BFA program understand that most of their graduates will choose to remain in LA with hopes to go on to work in Film and Television - so I would say - their methodology is gear toward that type of acting. </p>

<p>The students are able to audition for projects done by the film school and - from what I understand - film students recruit theatre students all the time for their films. </p>

<p>Being in LA is a big plus if that is where you want to eventually end up. My daughter is a junior at USC in the BFA program and my son will be a freshman BFA. My daughter goes out for professional auditions weekly and has learned a tremendous amount from doing so. She says, although the style of acting is slightly different, it balances well with what she is doing in class daily.</p>

<p>Hope this clarifies your USC questions!</p>

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<p>Follow Brook Shield… Goto Princeton…</p>

<p>LOL</p>

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<p>Lover of the Bards,
The School of Theatre at USC offers acting training that will help prepare you for film, TV and theatre. Look at the classes under Course of Study and you will see the various topics covered in the school. Admission is highly competitive and requires an audition.</p>

<p>Alumni from the school include screen actors and also Tony, Oscar, Goldern Globe and Emmy Award winners.</p>

<p>Recent graduates seen on Broadway are Stark Sands, who received a Tony nomination for his role in Journey’s End; James Snyder, who had the title role in Cry-Baby and Kevin Mambo, now starring in Fela’. Kevin has received two Emmys. </p>

<p>Some other alumni include: LeVar Burton, the late John Ritter, Eric Stoltz, Kyra Sedgewick, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, James Lesure, writer Grant Heslov, Andy Tennant, director, Swoozie Kurtz, Todd Black, Jack Bender and Sophia Bush.</p>

<p>USC is need blind in admissions. There are financial aid programs as well as scholarships for continuing students in the theatre school. These are just a few of the merit scholarships for continuing students: John Ritter Memorial Award, David Duke Memorial Scholarship, Jack Nicholson Awards and the James Doolittle Awards (4).</p>

<p>Another alumnus, Jason Robert Brown, will be teaching a fall course in 2010.</p>