<p>Some schools like kids with other interests so it shouldn't hurt. This isn't all-inclusive and I'm not sure if it has yet made it over to this thread, but here is a good college list to start with that somebody came up with on the MT forum broken down into categories ...</p>
<p>Conservatories
The Juilliard School
Carnegie Mellon University
North Carolina School of the Arts
Purchase College
California Institute of the Arts
Webster University
University of Cincinnati Conservatory</p>
<p>Large Universities with Elite BFAs
New York University/Tisch School of the Arts
Boston University
University of Southern California
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Guthrie Theatre Program
DePaul University
Rutgers University
Florida State University
University of Arizona</p>
<p>Small/Medium Sized Colleges and Universities with Elite BFAs
University of Evansville (Best for getting into a top MFA)
Southern Methodist University
Otterbein College
Emerson College
Ithaca College
Syracuse University</p>
<p>Elite College and University BA programs
Brown University
Vassar College
Swarthmore College
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
UCLA (Practically a BFA with single digit acceptance rate)
Cornell University
Emory University
Sarah Lawrence College
Bard College</p>
<p>Large State University BA programs
Indiana University
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Cal State Fullerton
University of Alabama
Arizona State University
University of Nebraska
University of California, Irvine</p>
<p>Less Classifiable, but good BAs
Fordham University
College of Charleston
Kenyon College
Catholic University
Brandeis University</p>
<p>Thanks for the information. That's incredibly helpful.
Also, sorry, but I'm new to this. A message re a
private post popped up but then disappeared, so it
wasn't opened. sorry to whoever sent it!
KYMum</p>
<p>I'm wondering what the criteria was for deciding what is a conservatory in the list (which I've seen on other sites as well), because DePaul is considered one of the oldest conservatory programs in the country, yet is not listed as a conservatory. just curious - doesn't really matter of course.</p>
<p>kymum-
To get your private messages, just go to the upper right corner of this page and click on private messages[you have to be logged-in to do this]. It didn't disappear, just the notice that you have one did :)
Welcome, have fun!</p>
<p>Anybody hear about any acceptances for drama at UMich? Everybody seems to have been deferred, rejected or haven't heard. Does any body know their procedure?</p>
<p>No, but that would suck and would be very unprofessional on the part of the auditor. Did it happen to you or are you analyzing your chances from something said at the end of an audition? In the on-the-spot type acceptances I've heard of - which do on occasion happen - the auditor made it very clear. Like, "We really like your work and want to go ahead and offer you admission right now." Short of that, it's best to not read much into anything until you have it in writing.</p>
<p>does anybody know anything about UARTS acting program? I've read quite a bit about the musical theater program but any help on the acting program would be helpful.</p>
<p>Hi all. I got sick with a bad stomach virus and missed going to Chicago for the Unifieds. I was only going to audition for Juilliard and CMU anyway and decided not to try to reschedule but instead stay home at my state university next year to complete my Gen Eds like I had been tempted to do anyway. I'm a year ahead and will be 17 when college starts next fall which made me ineligible for the British conservatories this year. I think that next year I am going to audition for some of those as well as some of the good U.S. drama schools. My question is are there any serious ramifications if you accept at an American school but later find out after the beginning of May that you got into one of the British conservatories and decide to go there instead? I know the American schools wouldn't like that, but is there anything they can really do about it? I looked over some of the British conservatories' websites last night and noticed that some of them don't let you know until summer. I'm curious as to how this is handled as a point of reference for next year.</p>
<p>You're right, we wouldn't like it, but you're also right, there's not really anything we could do about it. Last year, a young woman called in August to tell me that her father had been transferred to New Zealand, and she'd decided to move with her family and attend a conservatory there. I hated losing her, and it was too late to make an offer to someone else, but I supported her decision.</p>
<p>My only request, on behalf of my colleagues, is that--if such a thing happens--that you notify the American school as soon as you can. If you do so in May or even June, it's often not too late to go to someone on a waiting list and get them housing. After that, it becomes much, much harder.</p>
<p>Thanks! I would definitely let the American school know ASAP. That's only right. I believe most of the British schools let you know by around the middle of May. A friend of mine told me that accepting at an American school was like a contract that you could get in trouble for breaking which is why I was asking.</p>
<p>My daughter auditioned for MT at the University of Florida this past weekend. She loved the facilities. She was disappointed with the simplicity of the dance audition. Does anyone have any insight into the MT program at UFL? Thanks.</p>
<p>In addition to checking out the Musical Theater Forum, there was a fairly extensive discussion over there about the purpose of the dance audition. Sorry I can't recall the exact thread, but the bottom line was that the schools don't need a complex demonstration to determine if the auditioner has a mastery of dance technique.</p>