<p>Is there a list available of MT schools that cut students after their Freshman and Sophomore year? If it exists I would like to see who. It will save me some time.
I believe it's better just to limit the number of students admitted to the program. To be cut and have that much money invested seems absurd...It strikes me that having the cuts in place is more about the program than it is about the students...I thought college programs exist to educate and train talent. I want a school that the program and student make a comittment to each other....</p>
<p>Boston Conservatory does sophomore promotionals…they’re doing them next week, in fact…students have to present a new monologue and contrasting songs. Grades are taken into account, too. Students who don’t appear to be progressing are put on probation, and if no improvement is seen, they can be asked to leave at the end of sophomore year. BoCo doesn’t cut to reach a predetermined number, but there ARE students who are goofing off and not working hard…I don’t mind the concept of slackers beign asked to leave.</p>
<p>I don’t mind slackers being asked to go in a different direction. I do mind the thought that a program over stocks knowing that they will be pairing down. What, for example, if no one deserves to be cut? It seems like the process then would be subjective and not necessarliy fair and i understane, life is not fair…</p>
<p>There are good past postings on cut policies, so definitely check those out. Since Emerson usually comes up in those discussions, thought I’d share what was said at the parent meetings during last weekend’s auditions. The faculty member who spoke with us stated that they start with a class of 23-25, then at the end of the sophomore year students re-audition for admission to studio–the final two years of the BFA program. They will only take 16 (pretty sure that is the number) to continue on. They chose that number based on the typical attrition that most performing arts programs see–typically a few kids each year decide this is not for them so they leave or change majors. That means that very few students are not passed in to the BFA studio (sounded like 1 or 2?). He also said that its based on the students’ overall performance during the first two years, in addition to that audition. And students are given feedback frequently as part of their first two years, so should have an idea where they stand. Student who are not passed on to the BFA studio program are asked to stay in the BA Acting program.</p>
<p>I agree with alwaysamom. My D is a senior in MT at Syracuse. Her class started out with 23. Only one student actually left the program. A few others switched to the Acting BFA, and one student was cast in a national tour. This is far from a 1/3 attrition rate. From what I have been told, Emerson is truly a cut program, as opposed to other schools which eliminate only students who are “slackers”.</p>
<p>Golf4 -I could not agree more with you - do your research and get into a program that fits your situation and one that expects to graduate you once they take you as a freshman.</p>