<p>Now that there had been a couple of acceptances in the past two weeks, would like to “revive” this thread and request for some input for some schools.</p>
<p>For my D, would like to request for freshman experience for Syracuse. I’ve seen one post from @blueskies1108 for Ithaca and CCM. Another school would be Emerson.</p>
<p>Any update would very much appreciated :)</p>
<p>…Ball State (BFA MT) – Post #32
…Boston Conservatory (BFA MT) – Post #45
…Carnegie Mellon (BFA MT) – Posts #35, #36
…Coastal Carolina (BFA MT) – Posts #3, #24, #69, #101
…James Madison University (BA MT) – Post #87
…Marymount Manhattan (BA/BFA with MT) – Post #74
…Northwestern University (BA+MT cert) – Posts #92,#93,#106,#107
…NYU/Tisch New Studio (BFA MT) – Posts #16, #71
…NYU/Tisch – Post #102
…NYU/Steinhardt (BM VP/MT concentration) – Posts #99, #114, #117
…Otterbein (BFA MT) – Post #13
…Pace University (BFA MT) – Post #109
…Point Park University (BA MT) – Post #40
…Roosevelt/CCPA (BFA MT) – Post #58, #76
…SUNY Cortland (BFA MT) – Post #95
…SUNY Fredonia (BA Theatre Arts) – Post #90
…Temple (BA MT w/Dance Minor)-- Post #47
…University of the Arts (BFA MT) – Post #52
…University of Northern Colorado (BA MT) – Post #100
…USC (BA w/ MT Minor) – Posts #2, #22, #85
…Viterbo (BFA MT) – Posts #98, #104
…Webster (BFA MT) – Post #56</p>
<p>My D graduated from SU in 2010. Freshman year at SU is very intense. Freshmen are not allowed to audition, and I believe it’s a good policy. It gives them some time to adjust to college life, and also to make close relationships with fellow students without any competitions looming over them. They still get plenty of performing experience by working scenes and songs in class, dance classes, and private voice lessons. At the end of spring semester, freshmen audition for next fall’s productions with the rest of the theater department.</p>
<p>Freshmen are divided into small groups of about 10, and take all of their core classes with that same group. There is one non-theater class required for freshmen, a writing class. Other than that, all classes take place in the theater building, which is a few blocks off-campus and shares the space with a professional Equity theater. The class schedule is very busy (I believe 17 or 18 credits) and leaves little time for other activities. Freshmen are required to work tech on one show; rehearsals take place in the evenings.</p>
<p>I should tell you that the weather in SU may be quite an adjustment for your D, since you’re from a warm climate! Although this year’s weather was mild, typically it’s very cold and snowy in Syracuse during the winter months.</p>
<p>Of course, there’s a lot more info I could give you. If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon–the posts #35 & 36 by CarnegieMellon2012 are very accurate (S graduated in 2011). I would just add that each semester ends with individual students receiving an overall critique in a meeting with the department head and one or two faculty members who have taught the student. This is not a “warm and fuzzy” pep talk but a rigorous discussion about strengths and weaknesses. S loved his CMU education but I do recall that the first winter break was desperately needed for R&R!</p>
<p>My D just got accepted to Northwestern, but so far I’ve read posts about the MT theatre program—My D is interested only in straight acting. Can anyone possibly chime in about the straight acting experience there? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Congratulations! That’s a wonderful acceptance.</p>
<p>Congrats Hoveringmom! That is amazing!</p>
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<p>@hoveringmom - I posted a bit of info on straight theatre for you on the Northwestern thread (may copy it here to be sure you find it), but here’s some more objective info that might also be of interest to you.</p>
<p>{Northwestern’s Theatre} Faculty Make Time’s Best of Decade List</p>
<p>Three of top five plays named by Time Magazine {“Best of the Decade”} were written and/or directed by {Northwestern} Communication faculty</p>
<p>By Wendy Leopold</p>
<p>EVANSTON, Ill. — A play about a dysfunctional Oklahoma family. A staged re-telling of the myths of Ovid. And what one critic called a gripping drama that makes men think and women shudder.</p>
<p>What have they got in common? Northwestern University theatre and performance studies faculty and accolades from TIME magazine as the top plays of the past decade.</p>
<p>“August: Osage County” won TIME’s top slot as best play. In 2008, Anna Shapiro, professor of theatre and director of the MFA in directing program, earned the coveted Tony Award for Best Direction of the play by Tracy Letts. Todd Rosenthal, associate professor of theatre, won a Tony Award for the play’s scenic design. Assistant professor of theatre Ana Kuzmanic designed the costumes.</p>
<p>Number four on TIME’s best of the decade list is “Metamorphoses,” Mary Zimmerman’s modern interpretation of the poetry and myths of Ovid. Zimmerman, Jaharis Family Professor of performance studies and former MacArthur “genius” award winner, both wrote and directed the play. She won the Tony Award for Best Direction of “Metamorphoses” in 2002. The play first was performed by students at Northwestern.</p>
<p>Fifth on the list is playwright Rebecca Gilman’s “Boy Gets Girl,” a drama about sexual stalking that premiered at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre before moving to New York. On a separate list, TIME drama critic Richard Zoglin also named Gilman’s “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” as one of the top 10 plays of 2009. Gilman is assistant professor of radio/television/film.</p>
<p>All are faculty members in the Northwestern School of Communication Theatre department.</p>
<p>[Faculty</a> Make Time’s Best of Decade List : Northwestern University Newscenter](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2010/01/time.html]Faculty”>Faculty Make Time's Best of Decade List: Northwestern University News)</p>
<p>Thank you so much, guys! So sweet–now we wait for finances…</p>
<p>My son was offered the BA acting at Pace and wants to concentrate more on MT. Does Pace allow BA’s to take vocal and dance? How likely is it to get into the program MT as a sophomore?</p>
<p>He got into Univ. of Miami BFA MT and Long Island BFA acting… he is researching for the best fit… but ultimately wants BFA MT.</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice…</p>
<p>Anyone care to chime in? The Elon gen ed curriculum is a bit confusing…</p>
<p>@Lproudmom–I’m not sure if it makes a difference, but I have a friend at Miami’s BFA MT program, and he’s told me that he’s very happy with his educations, but that the program focuses the majority of their time on the acting. He said his voice and dancing has improved, but most of the attention is put on the acting</p>
<p>Lproudmom: I don’t know a lot about PACE - but if he wants MT - I’d run to Miami - the only reason my D didn’t apply there or FSU is that she positively wilts in intense heat and humidity.</p>
<p>Thank you SO much to everyone who shared their schedules and experiences with their colleges! 
I hope more people continue to post. I would love to see some from a few more of the colleges i have on my long list atm 
I found this threat EXTREMELY inspiring, helpful, and insightful since I am beginning to look into colleges now. I am a junior in high school this year and excited to be beginning this grueling, but satisfying journey :D</p>
<p>Oh snap, I meant THREAD* not threat lol whoops.</p>
<p>I’ll chime in about Hartt!</p>
<p>For starters, this year has been amazing and I’m so glad that I decided to come to Hartt. Sometimes the days get long and we’re all exhausted but in the end it’s totally worth it. We can’t be in shows as freshmen so we don’t get the stress of being in rehearsal until 10:30 every night but we do have to tech a show each semester. Here’s my schedule this semester!</p>
<p>Monday:
Ballet- 8:30-9:50
RPW (gen ed class)- 10:30-11:20
Voice Lesson- 11:50-12:40
Diatonic Harmony (music theory)- 1:30-2:20
Ear Training- 2:30-3:20
Master Class (all the students in your vocal studio come together once a week to perform)- 4:30-6</p>
<p>Tuesday:
Voice and Speech- 10-11:20
Acting- 1:45-3:05
Music Theatre Chorus Lab- 4:30-5:40 </p>
<p>Wednesday is the same as Monday except no voice lesson or master class. Thursday is the same as Tuesday but without Music Theatre Chorus Lab </p>
<p>Friday:
Stagecraft- 9-9:50
RPW- 10:30-11:20
Diatonic Harmony- 1:30-2:20
Ear Training- 2:30-3:20</p>
<p>Last semester I was the assistant stage manager for Sunday in the Park with George so for 5 weeks I had rehearsal every night Mon-Fri from 6-10:30 and then Saturdays from 11-4 (and even 10-5!) We all thought our schedules were super stressful until we registered for classes next semester. Sophomore year is a doozy!
I hope this helps!</p>
<p>…Ball State (BFA MT) – Post #32
…Boston Conservatory (BFA MT) – Post #45
…Carnegie Mellon (BFA MT) – Posts #35, #36
…Coastal Carolina (BFA MT) – Posts #3, #24, #69, #101
…Hartt (BFA MT) – Post #136
…James Madison University (BA MT) – Post #87
…Marymount Manhattan (BA/BFA with MT) – Post #74
…Northwestern University (BA+MT cert) – Posts #92,#93,#106,#107
…NYU/Tisch New Studio (BFA MT) – Posts #16, #71
…NYU/Tisch – Post #102
…NYU/Steinhardt (BM VP/MT concentration) – Posts #99, #114, #117
…Otterbein (BFA MT) – Post #13
…Pace University (BFA MT) – Post #109
…Point Park University (BA MT) – Post #40
…Roosevelt/CCPA (BFA MT) – Post #58, #76
…SUNY Cortland (BFA MT) – Post #95
…SUNY Fredonia (BA Theatre Arts) – Post #90
…Syracuse (BFA MT) – Post #123
…Temple (BA MT w/Dance Minor)-- Post #47
…University of the Arts (BFA MT) – Post #52
…University of Northern Colorado (BA MT) – Post #100
…USC (BA w/ MT Minor) – Posts #2, #22, #85
…Viterbo (BFA MT) – Posts #98, #104
…Webster (BFA MT) – Post #56</p>
<p>This thread seems to have gotten lost this year, which is a shame because it really helped me to be aware of what life as a musical theatre would be like, so I thought I’d bring it back with my experience as a BFA MT Freshman at SUNY FREDONIA!!!</p>
<p>Monday:
Elementary Piano: 9-9:50–All musical theatre majors are required to take two years of piano. You can test out if you have prior experience. The class is very basic and, having several years of piano, sight read through most of it. The harder stuff comes late in the semester, and I’m working on it now, because as soon as I can play it, the teacher will test me out of the course and I will no longer have to attend class!</p>
<p>Geology: 11-11:50-- very boring gen ed class. Easy to get through by simply attending class and doing a little studying before exams.</p>
<p>Intro to Dance: 12:30-1:50-- Based on your dance audition to the program, you get placed into Intro to Dance (all but three Freshmen MT majors are in the class) or Modern I. This class is essentially technique work with some dance history thrown in. There are units in Ballet, Modern, and Jazz throughout the semester. Essentially, this class just solidifies the technique necessary to be in leveled classes with the Dance majors. It also counts as your arts Gen Ed class. The teacher is great and the class is a lot of fun to attend.</p>
<p>Theatre Seminar: 2-2:50-- All new majors to the Department of Theatre and Dance take this course, where the head of the department speaks to us in a lecture hall. He gives us advice on perusing theatre as a career, getting acquainted to the school, college life, our personal lives, and anything we have questions on. It’s not always exciting, but all you have to do to earn an A is to attend class, so its an easy class that we use to relax after Dance.</p>
<p>Theatre Production: 3:30-6:30-- All students new to the department take this course for a full year. Essentially, you work in either the costume shop or scene shop for these three hours in order to help put up the mainstage shows. You do either costume or scene shop for a semester and then switch so you have experience in both. I’m currently in costume shop, and though tedious, I enjoy the class. We started with a two day master class on hand sewing and machine sewing and then were immediately put on work on creating costumes for our Fall production of “Chicago.” Because of the number of people enrolled in the course, for costume shop we’re only required to attend every other week. However, because scene shop is much bigger with more work to be distributed, those students must attend every class.</p>
<p>Voice Lessons: 7-8-- Each MT Freshman gets paired with a teacher based on their audition, although it is in all reality just a guess at where you’d fit. My voice teacher is great and has been working with me on both classical and musical theatre styles. She’s been improving my breathing and working to break all the bad habits I’ve picked up in high school. All students do need to find an accompanist to attend the second half of their lesson; students either hire one for between $100-350 per semester, or race to find a freshman or sophomore piano major who can get credit for accompanying for free (which I was lucky enough to do) </p>
<p>Tuesday:
English and Italian Diction: 8-8:50-- We study IPA, do IPA transcriptions, learn about vowels and consonants. I’m not a huge fan of this class, it can get boring and tiresome. It’s not the most difficult, but it’s also not the most interesting. However, I can appreciate how this can eventually come in handy to know.</p>
<p>World Poetry: 9:30-11:50–A gen ed class with lots of work, but not very difficult when it comes down to it. As long as you try to keep up you’ll be fine. However, giving the option, I’d try to find an easier class to cover this requirement.</p>
<p>Acting Studio I: 12-1:20-- All Freshmen MT and Acting students take it together. It is essentially a series of improv games used to teach us to use the Stanislavski Method. We currently took a break from the improv in order to apply what we’ve learned to our monologues we must have prepared for juries at the end of the semester. It’s a really fun class that our class has bonded a lot over, and is taught by the head of our Theatre department, who is absolutely amazing.</p>
<p>Recital Seminar: 4-4:50-- Everyone who shares the same voice teacher gets together to sing for each other what we’ve been preparing in class. We get offered constructive criticism both from our teacher and by other students in the studio. Studios tend to have about 10ish people in them. Everyone is really supportive and it’s a great way to practice material.</p>
<p>Wednesday:
Same as Monday without Piano or Voice</p>
<p>Thursday:
Same as Tuesday without Recital Seminar</p>
<p>Friday:
Geology is my only class on Fridays</p>
<p>Overall, this program is really great but I feel that the school is often overlooked. If you have any questions feel free to message me!</p>
<p>I thought you did a very accurate description, but for those who want an exact student schedule for a Musical Theatre student at Webster here it is! Monday thru Friday we have a conservatory block from 1pm til 5:20pm. I’ll add those classes aswell. </p>
<p>Mondays:
Ballet I - 8:30- 9:50
Jazz I - 10:00- 11:20</p>
<p>CONSERVATORY BLOCK
Movement - 1:00 - 2:20
Acting - 2:30- 3:50
Text Analysis - 4:00- 5:20</p>
<p>Tuesdays:
Musicianship I - 9:00- 9:50
Beginning Piano - 10:00 - 10:50</p>
<p>CONSERVATORY BLOCK
Voice - 1:00 - 2:20
Movement - 2:30- 3:50
E.T’s (These are 30 min scenes performed by the sophmores that is directed by either a Junior directing major or Senior performance major in a directing class. THEY’RE AMAZING!) - 4:00 - 5:20</p>
<p>Wednesday
Ballet I - 8:30- 9:50
Jazz I - 10:00- 11:20
Musical Theatre coaching ( This is once every two weeks for MT majors only) 11:25 - 11:45
Private Voice - 12:00 - 12: 50</p>
<p>CONSERVATORY BLOCK
Intro to Musical Theatre - 1:00 - 2:20
Voice - 2:30- 3:50
Acting - 4:00 - 5:20</p>
<p>Thursday
(Same Morning classes as Tuesday)</p>
<p>CONSERVATORY BLOCK
Acting - 1:00 - 2:20
BREAK!
Voice - 4:00 - 5:20</p>
<p>Friday
NO MORNING CLASSES FOR ME!</p>
<p>CONSERVATORY BLOCK
Acting - 1:00 - 2:20
Movement - 4:00 - 5:20</p>
<p>As said before this program honestly requires us to live and breathe theatre and I LOVE IT! Freshman are not in the casting pool first year so they do crew which can consist of painting, set build, deck crew, electrics, etc. It’s so fun, and you get to mingle with the tech majors who are awesome! I am so grateful to not have the stress of a show this first year, because honestly rehearsing for scenes on top of the class schedule would probably break me! Please message with any questions. Peace!</p>
<p>…Ball State (BFA MT) – Post #32
…Boston Conservatory (BFA MT) – Post #45
…Carnegie Mellon (BFA MT) – Posts #35, #36
…Coastal Carolina (BFA MT) – Posts #3, #24, #69, #101
…Hartt (BFA MT) – Post #136
…James Madison University (BA MT) – Post #87
…Marymount Manhattan (BA/BFA with MT) – Post #74
…Northwestern University (BA+MT cert) – Posts #92,#93,#106,#107
…NYU/Tisch New Studio (BFA MT) – Posts #16, #71
…NYU/Tisch – Post #102
…NYU/Steinhardt (BM VP/MT concentration) – Posts #99, #114, #117
…Otterbein (BFA MT) – Post #13
…Pace University (BFA MT) – Post #109
…Point Park University (BA MT) – Post #40
…Roosevelt/CCPA (BFA MT) – Post #58, #76
…SUNY Cortland (BFA MT) – Post #95
…SUNY Fredonia (BA Theatre Arts) – Post #90, #138
…Syracuse (BFA MT) – Post #123
…Temple (BA MT w/Dance Minor)-- Post #47
…University of the Arts (BFA MT) – Post #52
…University of Northern Colorado (BA MT) – Post #100
…USC (BA w/ MT Minor) – Posts #2, #22, #85
…Viterbo (BFA MT) – Posts #98, #104
…Webster (BFA MT) – Post #56, #139</p>