<p>Welcome to this forum if you are new to College Confidential and to the search and admissions process for musical theater college programs. A good place to start is to first click on the link at the top of this forum that will take you to the FAQ's, which was compiled by a wonderful musical theater student, Shauna. It covers many of the basics. Second, take a couple of hours and read back all the threads (or at least the topics that interest you) on this forum starting on the FIRST PAGE of threads as well as the ongoing general discussions entitled Colleges For Musical Theater Major (which is in PARTS and currently up to Part 40).</p>
<p>If you want to start a new thread, please first see if there is already a thread on that topic rather than start a second discussion on it. Just continue the thread already on that topic. That way all the information on a topic is together. General discussions tend to go in the threads "Colleges for Musical Theater Major Part X". The way you can find all 40 "PARTS" of the Colleges For Musical Theater Major threads is to go to the FAQ link and when you get there, look on the menu to the left of the page and pick the fourth link, titled "The Thread". There, Shauna has listed the links to all 40 parts of the ongoing discussion on musical theater colleges, as well as a link to all the current discussion which is now divided into topics. </p>
<p>For more information on how to search this forum and the topics go to the the FAQ link. Once there, click on the link on the left side of that page that says "Where Do I Start?" and it will explain other ways to find information on this forum as well as how to find information on the original (old) forum. </p>
<p>You might also find it useful to click on the third link on the left menu of the FAQ page that says "The Big List" because this is a list of musical theater programs which is a good resource to start when researching the BFA programs in this field. </p>
<p>You will find some very knowledgeable people on this forum including current theater college students, high school students involved in the college admissions process, parents of students who have already gone through the theater college admissions process and are in these programs currently, parents of students in the midst of the search/application/audition process, theater professionals, teachers, administrators and faculty from some college theater programs, and those well versed on the college admissions process. People help others and are very willing to share experiences. </p>
<p>Happy reading and hopefully posting....join us!</p>
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