Theatre and Scholarships

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<p>Is it possible to get and academic scholarship to a school and still major in theatre/drama. Or will the school make you major in something more academic? Right now my list of schools are: Northwestern University, Shorter College, UCLA, DePaul University, and Florida State University. Please tell me if these schools will give you academic scholarships and let you major in Theatre. And if not, list some schools you know that will.</p>

<p>Oh, and I rank 11th in my class, (top 5 %), and i have an unweighted 4.0 Gpa. I have also starred in every single play/musical i have been able to try out for since 6th grade.</p>

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<p>theatreman21 - I am assuming that you are not a senior this year. My D is a senior and has been auditioning for MT schools. She also is an excellent student and has been offered merit scholarships at four of the schools she has applied to. These schools have admitted her based on grades and test scores, but she has not yet been accepted for MT. </p>

<p>So you are able to get merit aid based on grades and test scores to major in theatre. But you need to remember that you must be accepted into most schools based on your audition.</p>

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<p>My D was accepted at Northwestern, but they offer no merit aid. Also I recall that theatre classes were not offered until sophomore year.She was awarded a full merit scholarship at Indiana University. Merit scholarships are hard to come by, no mention was given about SAT or ACT scores. Indiana has a number of automatic scholarships for good grades with high test scores. Musical theatre program requires audition plus acceptance to the school which is getting harder because of popularity.</p>

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<p>My husband and daughter (a Junior) recently visited DePaul and my husband’s ears perked up when they talked about their merit based awards. They have both merit and talent scholarships available for acting majors. [ADMISSION</a> & AID: Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.depaul.edu/admission/scholarships/index.asp#talent]ADMISSION”>http://www.depaul.edu/admission/scholarships/index.asp#talent)</p>

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<p>I’m not sure how up to date it is, but a good place to start would be to search for posts by Thesbohemian about merit scholarships on the old threads.</p>

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<p>You may want to look at Emerson’s Honors program which has a substantial merit award.</p>

<p>[Honors</a> Program](<a href=“http://www.emerson.edu/honors_program/]Honors”>http://www.emerson.edu/honors_program/)</p>

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<p>Several schools have honors programs (Pace, Emerson) or have academic merit scholarships that are available to theatre/drama majors (Fordham, Ithaca, UArts). I don’t know about the schools you list, but wouldn’t be surprised if they will consider you for academic merit scholorships regardless of your major.</p>

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<p>My D received academic scholarship offers from both Syracuse and Ithaca.</p>