<p>I'm just confirming, but is Parent Weekend Oct. 18th?? Thanks!</p>
<p>Yep yep it is:Parent's</a> Guide to NYU</p>
<p>Hey again! I just registered for my classes and I got into all my required classes and got the teachers I wanted, however I have room for one liberal arts class. So I signed up for drama theory under dramatic literature and I am waitlised (I am position 4). Is this a bad sign--should I drop out of it and look for another class. I have NO idea what to do. I feel like it might be too late if I wait to meet with my academic advisor in august at orientation. Thanks!</p>
<p>I mean, if you REALLY want to take that class, then go ahead and stay on the waitlist. Position 4 really isn't that bad, and you still have a good chance for the class. I would advise you, however, to keep other options open and look for other classes that you're still very interested in but at the same time aren't as popular/major requirements for upperclassmen.</p>
<p>k thank you</p>
<p>A quick question... how many days a week do you attend your classes?</p>
<p>As a drama major, I spend three days a week in studio from 9-6 (with a 45-60 minute break during the day), and the other two days in academic classes (roughly an hour and 15 minutes long each for two classes). It really does depend on your major, but if you're not a film or drama major you won't have studio, meaning that you won't be in class nearly as much. A lot of people in "normal" majors have Fridays off...it really just depends on the times that you schedule your classes, which you can pick for yourself (some of the more desired times might be more full which is why it's always nice to register at the earliest possible time :-) ).</p>
<p>With a drama majors full schedule - how feasible is it for someone to have a part time job? Any ushering opportunities? Nanny jobs? Any other ideas? My D will be in ETW. It would be nice for her to be able to earn some extra $$!!</p>
<p>Not gonna lie, because we are in studio three days a week from 9-6, and still have classes the other two days, having a job on top of that will really take up pretty much all of your D's free time during the day. She'll only really have nights off, and then weekends if she doesn't work then either. CareerNet has great opportunities for babysitting, etc. so if she didn't want a permanent job that's always an option. But it's definitely possible, I did it :-). I would suggest her looking into America Reads/Counts or Jumpstart if she really likes kids (they are tutoring opportunities, and if she does America Reads she'll most likely have time to do homework and stuff while in class). Those programs are only open to those with Federal Work-Study, though. She could also try the Phonathon, which is basically students of NYU calling alumni asking for them to give back. While this wasn't my favorite job ever (I quit after three months), it does give huge flexibility and incentives. A lot of Tisch Drama kids do it because of the flexibility. America Reads/Counts or Jumpstart pays $10 an hour; the Phonathon is around $8.75. There's also lots of jobs around campus that literally only require someone to be a the front desk and answer phones and get paid $9-even $12 an hour. It just takes the effort to register for and go on CareerNet and search for the right job. I've found so much through CareerNet.</p>
<p>NOCCA, is CareerNet an NYU list of some kind? In other words, where can one find it online? </p>
<p>Is federal work study different from regular work study? On my D's financial aid letter from NYU, they included work study. Does that mean federal work study, or just that they recommend she get an on campus job?</p>
<p>CareerNet can be accessed through the Wasserman Center for Career Development site (there's a link to it on the home page of the NYU website). In order to register for CareerNet, you have to make about a trip to the Wasserman Center (I thought it took forever from Washington Square in the beginning of the year haha), but once you do this, you're able to access CareerNet. It's basically a lesser version of craigslist but it's only accessible for NYU students and alumni; prospective employers post on it knowing that it's only accessible to the NYU community.</p>
<p>Any work-study is federal, so your D's work-study is indeed a form of financial aid from the government/NYU. I know, "How can work be a form of financial aid!" Well, the FAFSA has an Income Protection Allowance for non-work study jobs, up to around $3200 or something like that that your D can make a year non-work study. After that $3200, half of whatever your daughter makes goes towards the Expected Family Contribution on her FAFSA. Work-study does not have to be reported on the FAFSA. There's also certain jobs only open to work-study students, since employers have to pay significantly less to these students since their salaries are subsidized by the government.</p>
<p>Do you think you could tell me about the dance program at Tisch?
Do I have any chance of getting in?</p>
<p>I am a hispanic boy dancer, and I am curious about the dance program. I really want to go to NYU. </p>
<p>and Chances?
GPA: 3.78 W/idk uw
ACT: 26 (probably taking them again in the fall)
EC's: Okay, I've been in my Films Club, Spanish club, National Honor Society, Kinesis (my high school's dance team, but we don't compete we have a huge show at the end of our season, and I am the first and only boy to ever make it--it's pretty selective), I worked at my local park's pony track, I work at a day camp over the summer, I've been to several dance conventions and worked with amazing teachers, I am attending a week long dance intensive this summer.
Essay: A lot of unique facts and stories
Rec's: Great, from my english teacher and my Spanish honors teacher</p>
<p>I kind of stopped doing chances responses, but I'll tell you what I've told other people who've posted similar questions on this thread. Because Tisch's decision is half artistically based, there's no way to tell you what the auditors are looking for. Your GPA and ACT look good academically for Tisch, just don't get lazy for your senior year :-). I guess being a URM helps, and from what I've seen the Dance department at Tisch is one of the most racially diverse, way more diverse than in drama (I was the only minority male student in my freshman studio class this year...out of 60 people lol). So the best I can tell you is really work hard in your dance classes this year; as you probably know, Tisch Dance emphasizes ballet and modern techniques. Good luck!</p>
<p>Wow thank you so much, I didn't think my GPA and ACT were good enough for Tisch.</p>
<p>What does URM mean?</p>
<p>Also, did you receive any scholarships?</p>
<p>URM means "underrepresented minority." So, basically, in the case of NYU and most schools around the country, blacks and Hispanics. There's really not that many in Tisch especially, but you see them here and there haha. I did get scholarships, a lot for NYU. Scholarships and grants really depend on a combination of merit and need. One of my friends who is a current dancer got a full or near full tuition scholarship for NYU solely on his dance audition, though that doesn't include room and board. My scholarship is similar-it covers my tuition and a very small portion of room and board (that is, in combination with my Federal Pell Grant and Academic Competitiveness Grant). Keep in mind that tuition rises annoyingly every year, and Tisch is the most expensive school at NYU tuition-wise at $41,015 this year with a projected 5.9% increase every year. And scholarships don't increase, although tuition does. So just know that even if you get into NYU with enormous scholarships, you'll be paying more than you were when you were initially accepted. But as far as scholarships are concerned...it really just depends, NYU is not particularly clear on which people get the most scholarship money, and though I know that my audition and academics probably had something to do with what I got, I'm pretty poor and my EFC on my FAFSA definitely displayed that, and that DEFINITELY had a lot to do with the money I received. So...ya haha.</p>
<p>wow thank you so much...
hopefully they like me enough to give money</p>
<p>i would love to dance there.</p>
<p>thank you so much for all the help</p>
<p>Hey I'm reviving the thread! Still answering questions.</p>
<p>NOCCA, here are some CAP21-specific questions and then a few other general questions. (I also wanna ask if NYU pays you for being such a fantastic rep! :))</p>
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<li>when do the CAP21 freshies take their dance placement exams? do they take placement in ballet, tap, jazz and modern?</li>
<li>how many CAP21 classes are studio days divided into? Not asking this well, but what I mean is that my guess is that each studio day is divided into smaller classes in acting, singing and dance. Can you give me an idea of how that works? Is acting levelled at all, or is that impossible?</li>
<li>when does a CAP21 kid find out who will be his or her private singing/voice teacher second semester? At the end of first semester?
Oops, because I am old, I forgot the other general questions. I am sure I will be back, annoying you again. (Can you tell I used to be a newspaper reporter? :) </li>
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<p>NMR</p>
<p>Hey NMR! I wish NYU gave me more money haha...but the story of everyone's life here, I guess. The dance/music theory placement last year took place on the first day of classes in early September (I'll be there this year, haha) and the placements are in ballet and jazz, and there's three or four levels (I want to say four but I can't remember which for certain). CAP21 classes are divided into, from what I've been told, acting (which is not leveled and is around 5 hours a week), vocal performance (also not leveled), music theory (leveled, and some even test out completely...but that won't be me lol), jazz dance, ballet or yoga or modern (depending on level, and they change things every so often) and...I think that's it. Oh, yes, and tap, which I don't know is optional or not. Tap shoes weren't required on the first day last year, based on the sheet that I still have from the beginning of classes haha ehh...and I've never heard anything about a tap placement. I remember my CAP friend from last year telling me about finding out about his private voice teacher (who was my singing teacher at Strasberg second semester) at the beginning of second semester, so...that's what happened last year. With things like this, things are always subject to change. You and your D will receive specifics about everything related to starting out CAP21 studio next month, as I did with my studio last year (the first day outlines were all on one sheet of paper). Only now it feels like I'm starting the process all over again with primary studio haha...but I'm excited nonetheless. Sorry these are not quite as detailed as usual, but it's the best I have currently ehh...</p>
<p>And I can defs see the reporter in your asterisks. Defs.</p>
<p>NOCCAJunior is SOOOOOOO helpful and yes, Tisch should pay him! One little thing he forgot is one of the classes taken each semester the first two years of CAP.....Voice and Speech! (the kind for acting, not singing voice)</p>
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<p>The dance placement takes place the first day or two of studio for the semester. I believe there is placement in each discipline. When my D was a frosh, the dance disciplines were ballet, jazz, and tap (they have changed the dance mix around a little since then). I recall a placement for tap, unlike Nocca is saying. However, sometimes, if your tap is not near the same level of the other two, the scheduling of your levels for each dance class may have conflicts and they may have to adjust which tap group you are in but generally speaking, you are placed by level for each kind of dance. </p>
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how many CAP21 classes are studio days divided into? Not asking this well, but what I mean is that my guess is that each studio day is divided into smaller classes in acting, singing and dance. Can you give me an idea of how that works? Is acting levelled at all, or is that impossible?
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<p>I may not be accurate as I didn't experience first hand and my kid did, plus she is gonna be a senior and while she was in CAP a long time, she is now in ETW and I may be forgetting freshman year specifics but will try to write what I recall. So, when she was a freshman, everyone had ballet, jazz, tap, acting, vocal tech, voice and speech, and music theory on the studio days (this is not counting private voice which you would do on one of the other days). My D happened to place out of music theory. But that is seven studio classes over three full days. And my recollection is that each class meets twice per week. And so not all seven classes meet on the same day. I am not sure how many fill up one single day....I am guessing 4 or 5 per day on a studio day which goes from 9-6 with a lunch break. </p>
<p>Acting is NOT leveled. Nor is singing. Nor is voice/speech. Only each dance class is leveled and I think Music Theory is also leveled and has a written placement exam the first day. Each freshmen Cappie is put into a group...there are four groups per year. You stay with your group of about 15 kids for acting, vocal tech/perf., and voice/speech....you become a cohesive section. But you are mixed up for dance or music theory. Your section for those first three classes I mentioned is for one FULL year. But in soph year, they create four new sections (again, just for singing, acting, voice/speech and not for dance) that stays together and so you get to be in a group with a different mix of kids each year. Of course you truly mix with all in your grade cause the dance classes mix people up and you don't stay with your core section. But the core section for those three original classes are NOT leveled. They try to create a nice mix for each section and I think a lot of thought goes into it, particularly after the first year when they know everyone real well. </p>
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<p>I can't recall exactly when they find out but it won't be now. It likely will be at the end of first semester or over winter break. They assign you a private teacher and try to match you up. Then you have to contact that private teacher and line up your weekly lesson slot on your own, and thus this happens before the first day of second semester. You stay with that voice teacher all four years unless you request a change between semesters. My D stuck with the same teacher. Of course they have different voice teachers in class and get feedback and help from more than one that way.</p>