<p>SO! Heres my situation, I completed 2 years in the Purchase College Opera Conservatory. I have decided to leave and pursue a BFA. I've completed all my aural skills, piano, and theory. I have like 70 credits, so do I audition as a transfer? Does it even matter? Do they have any sort or quota to fill?
I'm auditioning for:
BoCo (top choice)
Steinhart (maybe)
Pace
Ithaca
Fredonia
Buffalo
Hartt </p>
<p>Does anyone have any other suggestions?</p>
<p>You will be considered a transfer whether you want to be or not. And at most BFAs you'll be started off as a freshman no matter how many credits you have. With your credentials you may get Sophomore standing but that will vary depending on the school.</p>
<p>Dear xoxtinysingerxox,</p>
<p>At The Hartt School you will apply as a transfer student. Should you be accepted and decide to attend The Hartt School it will take you four years to complete the program. Your official transcripts and course descriptions will be reviewed for transfer credit, so during some semesters you will have a lighter load than the students who enter as freshmen. See our Transfer Student Policy: <a href="http://harttweb.hartford.edu/downloads/TRANSFER%20Student%20Policy.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://harttweb.hartford.edu/downloads/TRANSFER%20Student%20Policy.pdf</a></p>
<p>Please feel encouraged to contact me with any questions at <a href="mailto:earrison@hartford.edu">earrison@hartford.edu</a>.</p>
<p>All Schools will consider you a transfer -- but how long it will take you to complete the program will differ from school to school. Some, like Hartt will take four years to complete... others, you may be able to complete in 3 years. In general it is unlikely that a school would allow you to finish in 2 years.... but I would contact the department at each school.</p>
<p>Transfer? Reauditon?</p>
<p>If a child attends a local state or community college (in a gap year), do they have to audition as a transfer?? This seems a shadow area, and I am not clear if the difference between auditioning again the following year as a freshman or transfer is dependent on the number of credits, weather or not they are studying theater or MT, or-- what?</p>
<p>It is our backup plan to have our D attend a local state or community college if she does not get into a school that she would ABSOLUTELY see herself attending. We simply cannot afford to send her anywhere but where she would be completely happy. (And risk loosing a year's tuition to start over as a "transfer/freshman".) I don't mean only a "top" school (term I hate.) Her list is quite eclectic with 11 schools that are good fits academically and artistically. If none of these schools accepts her, (yes, we know it happens due to what a school is looking for to round out their ensemble, etc.), we were assuming that she would take a full load of liberal arts classes that are most likely to be accpted and that she would be able to reauditon as a freshman. </p>
<p>After reading ALL the info on CC I thought that I had it figured out but.......</p>
<p>As KatMT indicated, once she takes college courses she will not be a freshman, she will be a transfer for auditions. Even from a community college. If she takes a gap year with no courses, then she will be a freshman.</p>
<p>I've heard that if a student has ANY credits at all, they will considered a transfer. I myself am taking a year off, but I have 78 credits. I believe I will still be considered a transfer, but it varys from school to school</p>
<p>My child has taken several dance and theater classes at the local community college plus one class at the local univeristy while going through high school. These were all classes to enhance her MT skill set to get in to college. I can't imagine her being consider a transfer student, but the posts above seem to be saying she will be. Does whether or not she is considered a transfer dependent on whether she took the classes while still in high school ??</p>
<p>^^^ Taking college classes while in high school is not considered a transfer student at all. She will be a freshman applicant.</p>
<p>I suspect that it is the number of credits that controls based on the minimum number of credits required for a full time year of study. When my daughter attended Syracuse's summer MT program, she received 6 college credits and a graded transcript. When I inquired whether this would impact her status as a freshman applicant, I was advised that since her credits were not the equivalent of a year's worth of courses that she would be considered a freshman. In contrast, if a student takes 15 college credits over the span of 2 years and seeks credit for them, I wonder whether there would be an issue.</p>
<p>Probably should have clarified. Once you graduate from HS, then if you take college courses you no longer would be a freshman applicant but a transfer. Classes taken before you graduate are treated along the lines of AP and IB courses for consideration for credits. However, check the schools you are interested in in case there are exceptions for a nominal amount of college classes taken after graduation. There is no question that a year at CC, even with no classes in the major,means you are a transfer.</p>
<p>As Michael says above I had the impression that it was the number of credits that made it a transfer situation. (Was also unclear on weather being a Theater/MT major mattered.) </p>
<p>When taking one or two LA courses it seems that the situation should be treated differently and you SHOULD be able to audition as a freshman. The problem is that getting accepted as a transfer is so ridiculously difficult. If taking one or two classes impacts auditioning then better to just work. </p>
<p>In this process there are so many outside forces controlling the situation, no matter how well prepared. And yes, sometimes you get no acceptances, no matter how well the list of schools matches your qualifications. (We all know that if they don't need another blond triple-threat leading lady they are not going to accept you- no matter how talented.) </p>
<p>I will deifinitely check with schools to see what their transfer policy is.</p>
<p>mtfamily, I think your plan to check with the individual schools is a good one. I, personally, have never heard of any school which will NOT consider you a transfer if you've taken college credits after h/s graduation. It doesn't matter what the number of credits is or what type of classes you're taking.</p>
<p>I think it may depend on the number of classes a student has taken at college. This year we had one student audition at JMU as a freshman who had graduated from HS and gone to college. He ended up leaving school after one semester (possibly not even completing his first semester... I can't remember). He did not have enough credits to be considered a transfer student. From the JMU website: </p>
<p>Students having earned college credits after high school graduation are classified as transfer applicants. To be eligible to apply for transfer admission, applicants must be in good academic standing and have completed or be in the process of completing at least 24 credit hours after high school graduation.</p>
<p>I would check with each school individually to confirm their policy for transfer admissions.</p>
<p>As a person who is transfering from a BA, pre-BFA program to a BFA program let me put in my 2 cents for what its worth... </p>
<p>GE classes will mostly transfer. English, math, history and the lot. </p>
<p>Theatre Arts classes might, but probably not. That varies school to school. At one school, I could have finished in 3 years. The school I will be attending I will be considered a freshman and it will take 4 years.</p>