<p>I’m not sure I can provide specific advice but perhaps our experience last year may prove reassuring since I started the process with exactly your fears. S was interested in both MT and Acting, so his choices were slightly different than your S’s because, if he could get a strong acting program along with MT, that was his choice. He was not at all interested in a BA program, and given his learning style, his dad and I had come to agree a BFA was really the right kind of college program for him. But of course, the BFA application process feels like the tightwire walk with no net! He applied to Carnegie Mellon (MT), Juilliard (Acting), Boston Conservatory (MT), Michigan (MT), CalArts (Acting), USC (Acting), Boston University (Acting), Syracuse (MT) and withdrew his application from CCM (MT) when he was accepted at a school higher on his personal list. He received offers of admission from five of these schools. My point is that you shouldn’t be daunted by the process because it can yield good results if your S is prepared for his auditions and healthy when they occur. (Three of the turndowns came from schools with auditions on adjacent weekends when he was sick. While these may well have been turndowns anyway, in retrospect we were very relieved all of his auditions weren’t concentrated at Unifieds. The only advice I have on that issue is to distribute the auditions as much as is feasible, just in case illness wipes out some of them.) Best of luck!</p>
<p>TCU’s acting program is a BFA and has not in the past required audition (except for scholarship consideration). I heard rumors that they may start having auditions in the future, so you would need to double check with the school.</p>
<p>Ericsmom, what is TCU and where is it located? My son is trying to come up with another school or two as possibilities in case he is not accepted into any of his audition schools.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Ericsmom will surely come back to help you but is probably at work. I happen to have researched this school in the past week for a student I am advising who likely will apply. TCU stands for Texas Christian University. They have a BFA in Theater with the option to have an emphasis on Acting or MT. Based on their website, it is unclear if the audition is just for scholarship consideration or for admissions. Considering Ericsmom has been there and her son has applied in the past, it may still be that the audition is for scholarships. There are just two audition dates. In the curriculum, it appeared to me that the MT portion/emphasis has less voice and dance than other BFA in MT programs typically have. The Theatre Dept. also has an Honors Program. It could be a “safety” for your son if he wants a BFA and if the audition is only for scholarships and if it is a safety academically for him. The school has an affiliation with the Christian Church and is in Fort Worth, Texas.</p>
<p>Soozie has it right for you! TCU is my alma mater (in business), and I almost hate to admit but was a safety school for my son. They offered the most incredible academic scholarship to him, and we had a wonderful time visiting there. Because he got into some of his top choices for MT in the fall, he never ended up auditioning for a talent scholarship at TCU. We are impressed with their faculty and what they are doing to build that program, and I think it’s something you should consider. </p>
<p>PLEASE check - because I heard a rumor that they may start requiring an audition to be accepted to the program.</p>
<p>Parent Involvement!! lol My parents didn’t even know the monologues are the songs i sang…they are yet to know…lol. All my mom did was wish me good luck and my dad flew up with me…my parents left it all up to me. i guess they thought that i knew what i was doing. I think that it’s best to let the kids do all of the audition decision-making.</p>