<p>I've told this story elsewhere on CC, so forgive me if you‘ve already read it (I’m a little tired of it myself but it’s on point): the head of admissions at the UCLA Theater/Film/Television school tells prospective students that they don‘t need to match the avg. UCLA freshman GPA (over 4.0) because the T/F/T school is looking for the best THEATER students who are oftentimes too busy with theater to earn a 4+ GPA. </p>
<p>As far as CMU goes, well, I know someone who was accepted into the Drama-Design/PTM program with only a 3.5 GPA and (as Momof3 noted) it‘s unlikely she ever would have been admitted into the school at large with this GPA. She did have really impressive theater design experience, though. </p>
<p>Every year, the college counselors at my D‘s high school tell the students that they should choose electives based on what they want to learn and not what they think will get them into the top schools. They say if you have to give up what you really want to do to fit the profile of a top school, it‘s probably not the right school for you. I’m hoping they’re right.</p>