<p>I was accepted into Syracuse’s summer program and am attending. I was wondering if this would help my chances when actually auditioning for the school? Will the faculty be the same?</p>
<p>If the program is run similarly to the way it was when my daughter attended the summer program in 2006, some of the faculty will be from the BFA program and some will be visiting faculty. Conventional wisdom is that the training and experience will certainly be of benefit when auditioning for college but I would not count on attendance at the summer program giving you an “inside edge” on admission to Syracuse as a BFA student. In fact, most of the students who attended the summer program with my daughter were subsequently rejected as BFA applicants. Attend the BFA program for its intrinsic value as a training and experience opportunity and because that’s how you want to spend the summer, not because you think it will give you a “special boost” for admissions. It also will, however, give you a lot of insight about the program, whether it matches your needs and desires and what the school looks for in an audition.</p>
<p>Thank you! That’s really good to hear actually, i was worried about the inside edge idea. Although helpful I suppose, it wouldn’t really show the amount of talent if getting into the program was based on connections.<br>
This is absolutely the way I want to spend my summer!
Thanks again</p>
<p>Did your daughter like the program and think it was helpful? Any other summer programs that she would’ve liked better?</p>
<p>My daughter did attend a different summer program the summer of 2005. I will send you a PM.</p>
<p>When my daughter attended the summer MT program in 2006, it was different in some material aspects from the current program. It was a 6 week program offering 6 college credits and is now a 3 week program with no college credits. Back then, there was no audition but you had to provide your h.s. transcript and a guidance counselor recommendation that you could handle the rigors of a college program. Now, I believe, you must submit an audition video. The program was very strong on dance, strong on acting but weak on vocal training perhaps because vocal training in the BFA program is through the school of music but the summer MT program was run by the theater department. Life at Syracuse during the summer is relatively quiet with most college students gone. Syracuse’s summer program encompasses a broad variety of curricula of which MT is just one. The school is not all that convenient to the city proper and without a car summer students are for the most part limited to whatever campus activities are available through the summer program.</p>
<p>There is a good bus system that takes students from many points on campus and also just outside the doors of the theatre to the city. The theatre is very close to the downtown area and there are also a few places students can go just a block away from the campus on Marshall Street (Starbucks, Insomina Cookies, pizza, et al). Around the theatre, there are some great places like Phoebe’s restaurant and a few pizza parlors and cafes.</p>
<p>Buses can take the kids to some of the downtown restaurants and tea houses … and also to Armory Square which is really nice – chic boutiques and lovely cafes/restaurants. </p>
<p>Finally, if your summer program is the summer dance program at SU, I saw an ad in Pointe magazine listing the faculty – very impressive from a ballet standpoint – teachers from Boston Ballet and Suzanne Farrell Ballet as well as some of the SU dance faculty. I actually took note of it because I had no idea they drew faculty from such prestigious companies.</p>
<p>(My D is a rising junior MT at SU; she has not done their summer program.)</p>
<p>The buses would surely make things easier; they weren’t available when my daughter was in the summer program other than for on campus traveling and even then most students walked from the theater up the hill to campus. I wonder whether transportation availability is different during the summer program than during the regular school year. Marshall St is a fun 1 block strip for students as are the various restaurants and clubs near the theater but the reality is high school kids are going to be more limited in what they can do because of their age. In my daughter’s experience, the only way she and friends would get to Armory Square was to con a T.A. to take them in a car.</p>
<p>Yes, the buses do run in the summer now, around campus, and also to the huge Carousel Mall a few miles away, where there are movies, shops & restaurants; the schedule may be reduced because there are fewer students in the summer, but classes are still taking place and on such a large campus, transportation is necessary! And at least half of the college students who patronize local establishments like Phoebe’s and Marshall Street are not yet 21, so being underage shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Yes, onstage – true. My daughter is still 19 and has had 2 fun years frequenting most of these places.</p>
<p>i finished the program now and i do see what is meant by weak on vocals, it is true but i can say that my acting skill increased greatly. i’m a dancer so i greatly enjoyed the dance portion and it was challenging but VERY fun.<br>
also, we did have to submit a video but also a recomendation letter and transcript as in previous years.</p>