<p>Pumpyps,
Congrats on the acceptances! I don't know much specifically about either Cornish or AADA except that Cornish is a four year BFA conservatory and AADA is a two year certificate program with an Associates degree if you take some classes at a community college along with your training. I have seen a couple of negative comments about AADA previously on this thread though I don't personally know enough to agree or disagree. On the upside, Adrien Brody went there and he certainly rocks. I'd say do Cornish if none of the others come through and you feel like you must go straight to preprofessional training instead of getting a BA followed up with an MFA. If you haven't already had any serious training, you'll probably need the four year course of study to be ready to work, anyway, unless you're just into screen acting. If you just get an associates/certificate, you'll also be shutting yourself out of grad school and the teaching opps that come with it (Think about when you get old.) unless you decide to get a four year degree in something else. I suppose you could go straight from the certificate to a professional studio. Don't give up on DePaul, either. I'd be willing to bet that they share a lot of applicants with Tisch and Carnegie and will lose some acceptees to them and some other programs once they get their letters out. Just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>Pumpyps-</p>
<p>You are the only one who can make the decision if you like/dislike a school/program. It is a very personal thing. I do think it is important to go somewhere where you can continue your education while training in drama.</p>
<p>Who called you back to audition again? Was that at DePaul?</p>
<p>yea..
carnegie called me back</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to search for colleges/universities that offer Arts Administration as a major? Google is pretty tedious! </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Illinisue,</p>
<p>Google is tedious, but I got some results. It seems that not too many schools offer degrees in arts administration at the bachelors level, but I found a few. Some are even close to home! The following (in no particular order) offer bachelors programs: the University of Kentucky, the University of Alabama, Butler, SUNY Fredonia, and Wagner. The University of Michigan seems to offer a do-it-yourself program: see <a href="http://www.arts.umich.edu/resources/courses/admin.html%5B/url%5D">www.arts.umich.edu/resources/courses/admin.html</a>. George Mason U. offers a minor in arts admin.</p>
<p>The following schools have masters programs: CCM, Florida State, Southern Methodist U., Carnegie-Mellon, NYU Steinhardt, U. Arts, U. Akron, W. Michigan, Columbia, Boston U., and U. Wisconsin.
You might check out this website: <a href="http://www.allartschools.com%5B/url%5D">www.allartschools.com</a>
I found some arts administration programs on that site.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>illinisue:
In case THEATER ARTS MANAGEMENT is what you are specifically looking for (under the umbrella of arts administration), Ithaca College offers a B.S., which includes studies in business, economics, and accounting. An internship is required, which is obviously an excellent thing. You can get the whole juicy story at:
<a href="http://departments.ithaca.edu/theatre/programs/tam/tamseq/%5B/url%5D">http://departments.ithaca.edu/theatre/programs/tam/tamseq/</a></p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>Just an update on my D's situation and the continuing stress at our house. I'm hoping to hear some words of advice from those of you who are so much wiser in this process than I.</p>
<p>Accepted BFA Acting to SMU, Elon, NC School of the Arts and wait listed for DePaul. Still waiting on BU and NYU-Tisch. She has some great choices I know and has a very strong preference for one of the programs she is already accepted to. However, the financial aid situation has been a disappoinment to put it mildly. How do these families do it? I have another child going to college in 2 years and I am afraid to overextend ourselves too much in order to make our D's dreams happen. She has been offered merit, talent, grants, loans, work-study, but for schools that cost so much, it still just isn't enough and I'm not sure it is even close.</p>
<p>Any words of wisdom? How successful have any of you been negotiating additional aid with schools? I thought I would be sleeping easier right now, but am just in continuous stress!!</p>
<p>caromom-</p>
<p>My S is now a 2nd year acting major at CMU. We are not in the position to help him much with college costs. He will graduate with a lot of debt and this is a big concern for him. When we sat and discussed this 2 years ago this is what I said to him and his father agreed.</p>
<p>You will always have a roof over your head and food to eat. We will help how ever we can with the loan(s) payoff until you are on your feet.
You won't have a new car, down payment on a house, or other material "things" right after graduation, or maybe even for years after graduation. But you will have a solid foundation, hopefully some good connections, in your line of work so that you can do what you LOVE to do while you are alive on this earth. We feel that you have the talent, passion and will to make this happen for yourself. Actors must take risks if they are to grow and succeed in their art and this is no different. Go to the best school you can go to. The one that will help to take you where you need to go. We know you will do the rest. You WILL make your dreams come true.</p>
<p>I believe this as much today as the day I said it. My S could not be happier with the college and his training. He is discovering something new about himself everyday. We know that he will be ready to take on the challenges of his chosen profession after graduation because he will be well prepared.</p>
<p>Sometimes we all need to take risks in order to get where we want to be. The most important thing is that we are happy doing what we love to do.</p>
<p>dancersmom and stellina - thanks for the help. We're off and hunting. I'll post what I find after I've compiled a list.</p>
<p>My S was just accepted at the University of the Arts in the BFA Acting program. Looks like a great program and (depending on what happens on some other applications), it may be his first choice. Anyone on here have any opinions or inside information about this school, its programs, its facilities, etc.? Thanks!!</p>
<p>PoppaRose,
I suggest you do a search on the Musical Theatre thread as there has been lots of discussion regarding UArts in recent months.</p>
<p>Ok here is our dilema since I have just found this site, and find all of this quite interesting. My S auditioned for only a few schools,and has not gotten a rejection letter yet . We do expect one fron NYU soon however. He got a letter from SMU stating that he was on the waiting list however and since this was his first choice< BFA theatre studies we were thrilled. The next day after receiving that letter we got a phone call from the admittance office saying he had been acccepted to both the school and to the theatre dept. Well you can imagine how excited we were telling all the friends and family. So during his spring break he decide to go and sit in on a few classes to see what it was like, He called to let them know he was coming and they at the theater dept said no he was still on the waiting list......Oh my what a let down. I guess someone in the other office made a big error on our part.....and S was so sad.
Anyway tell me if you know how the waiting list works and what the chances might be.....We do have a backup school but it is not like SMU. Also I am worried about costs....Not much $ in our situation~~so maybe we should be happy with the back up school Who knows??</p>
<p>Wishes55,</p>
<p>I was also accepted to the SMU Theatre Studies program. Recently, I received a letter awarding me a $3000/yr theatre scholarship. They enclosed a form where you had to fill out whether you intended on enrolling at SMU, and thus accepting the scholarship, or intended on going somewhere else. The form has to be sent back before April 8th. I have a feeling that they put that date on there to get some people who weren't going to accept SMU's offer to let them know sooner so they could offer the spots to people on the waitlist. Technically, they can't take away someone's spot until May 1st, but I bet (but don't quote me) that this theatre scholarship deadline is a nifty little way to help out people like your son.</p>
<p>Evansville, all hail to thee.
True and loyal, we will be,
We'll fight, fight fight
With all our might,
Cheering with pep and vim for
White and purple
And with every victory
Our hearts with praise will fill.
So we'll back you with a Rah! Rah! Rah!
All hail to our Evansville. :D</p>
<p>Some things just feel right. Besides, I look good in purple. ;) I was also accepted at NCSA and SMU and rejected by FSU. I cancelled or withdrew myself from consideration at most of the others and was waiting to hear from two more, but they were dragging their feet getting their letters out and I needed to go ahead and declare for financial reasons. IT'S OVER!!! (whew) Now maybe ... just maybe ... I can get back to being my old sweet self and actually enjoy what remains of my senior year. Thanks to all the "old timers" on the list for your help and support for ... heck, this thread is almost a year old! Special thanks to Valerie for starting it wherever you are. It's been a helluva ride!</p>
<p>Thesbo~~~best of luck to you,You seem very focused at it seems like you made a good decision. And that makes another spot open at SMU for my son who is on the wait list!!! We will see! Wishes</p>
<p>The waiting is now over and the decision-making begins....</p>
<p>My D is accepted to Tisch, Boston U, SMU, Elon, and NC School of the Arts and waitlisted for DePaul. Tisch will be an impossible reach for us financially so although she is thrilled to be accepted is quite sad that their aid package doesn't even come close to matching the other schools or our established need. It is coming down to BU vs. SMU with Elon running a strong 3rd place due to a very attractive financial aid offer. This is such a tough decision since each program definitely has its pros and cons. Hopefully she will be able to make a definitive choice by next week. Any advice out there from you old pros? Can she go wrong with any of these? </p>
<p>Congratulations to all of you with your good news pouring in. It seems that this forum is populated by incredible talent, drive and determination. A special congrats to Thesbo who I had found myself hoping would be a classmate of my D. Maybe you both will share the stage on Broadway in the future!!</p>
<p>caromom -</p>
<p>just out of curiosity, why are you not considering NCArts?</p>
<p>As much as my daughter and I both wanted to like NCArts, we just didn't. She really didn't click there although faculty, program, and facilities are top notch along with its reputation. It just underscores so much of what is reiterated on these boards that the best school for one student is not necessarily the best for another. Thank God she has choices.</p>
<p>caromom-</p>
<p>For what it's worth, and this is just my opinion, Boston U has a fine acting program. My S is at CMU for acting but we did like the Boston U program. The curriculum seemed first rate.</p>
<p>In the end it just depends on where your D will be happiest.</p>
<p>caromom,</p>
<p>To echo WCT here, my D also had BU on her final list of 7. She liked everything about the program and it was probably third on her list after Tisch and CMU. She got into Tisch E.D. so she never auditioned there but we did visit and, like WCT, thought the curriculum was topnotch. I always recommend that prospective students study that aspect in depth (I know you probably all get sick of hearing me say this, but too many people don't do this! ;)) It's important to know exactly what classes are offered, what level they are, how available they are, are they offered every year, who teaches them, how difficult are they to get into, are non-majors in the classes, etc. BU's (at least three years ago!) was excellent.</p>