<p>Does anyone know the average gpa and sat scores of someone in the musical theatre department who received a scholarship? Thanks, this site is so helpful!!!</p>
<p>Hey! I'm currently an MT at U of M. </p>
<p>If you're talking about merit scholarship, there's not really an exact minimum you have to have for GPA and test scores. </p>
<p>I have a friend here who had less than average ACT scores and still received merit money. And, another friend who had about a 3.7 who also got money.<br>
They're really looking at your grades, test scores, essays, letters of recommendation, all that stuff, and (this is the big one) your audition! </p>
<p>So, don't think you have to have a 4.3 and perfect scores.
They look at your application as a whole when deciding who gets merit money. </p>
<p>With that being said, it is really hard to get money from the school of music, so every little thing helps. </p>
<p>I'm not sure if that helps... I hope so!</p>
<p>thank you so much for responding!!! i really appreciate it!!!! do you know what the average gpa and sat scores are for acceptance into the university? do you have to audition for the senior showcase? Thanks so much!!!</p>
<p>I am sad to report that my Ds grades and ACT scores are VERY average. However, she was academically accepted AND received a scholarship.</p>
<p>oh wow! that is good to know! my grades are good but tilting to the average side. i’m not sure about sat scores yet! did your daughter get into mt?</p>
<p>so when you apply you have to get academically. then is it all about your audition? how much dance experience does an average person have?</p>
<p>Like ShellySings said, it is very much so based on your audition but also heavily affected by your letters of recommendation, essays etc. As far as dance experience goes, in my class we have about 4-5 “dancer dancers” and the rest of us fall somewhere below that. At the dance audition they look for potential and raw ability, but you don’t have to have years and years of dance training to be accepted.</p>
<p>My son is interested in attending Michigan as well but we live in California so the out-of-state tuition is very high. Can anyone give us an idea of the amount of merit scholarship money that may Michigan provide?</p>
<p>This response is a month late!
But I’m also out-of-state and was very lucky to get a good amount of need-based money. loans, and then was awarded merit scholarship after my first year at Michigan. I got very lucky and only have to pay a couple thousand a semester plus my housing. I am very, very lucky to have the sort of money I have. I am truly grateful. </p>
<p>To be rewarded money is not uncommon. There is money to be given out, but you just have to find it by talking to the right people. </p>
<p>Some people are awarded 1,000 a year merit scholarships and some of them are a full-ride. That is very, very unusual and if someone does has a full-ride, it’s a combination of all their scholarships. Almost all of the students who receive merit scholarships are out-of-state. They consider financial need and ability when giving merit scholarships. </p>
<p>But there is money to be had here and you just have to be very persistent and write letters, make phone calls, meet with people. It takes a lot, but is definitely worth it. </p>
<p>I hope that helps!</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat, out-of-state and needing merit scholarships. Is there any advice you could give for how to get such good scholarships? Did you have to have personal contacts there, or did you just look up the contact info for the people in charge and persistently write and email them? At least thats encouraging that I might still be able to go there!</p>
<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I think I was too fair in my last post. It is not easy to get a scholarship. When I was refused a scholarship for my freshman year I made dozens of phone calls, wrote emails, letters, practically BEGGED for money and still didn’t get it.
I went to school hoping that I would be awarded money for my sophomore year, even though most people are refused money after their freshman year. You have to apply for merit scholarship once you’re already here. I did that. I wrote an essay (it was not required), and had good grades, and gave four letters of rec when I only needed two, and I gave them documents of my financial situation and was STILL rejected! After that, I had meetings with even more people and did even more begging. I asked for left-over money, the money that was awarded to a trombone player who decided to go to Julliard instead or the voice major who decided to study political science. I asked for any little bit of money I could get.
And THEN, after over a year of begging, they gave me some money. </p>
<p>It is very very difficult to get money, but if you are persistent and talk to the right people (over and over again) it is possible to be awarded money. It doesn’t mean that it will happen, but it is possible. </p>
<p>With that being said, I think six people were originally awarded merit money from the school of music out of my class of 19. And then another few got other money from the University for a dozen of other reasons. About half of my class was awarded some sort of merit/not need-based money. </p>
<p>My only advice to people applying is to make sure that your application is the best you think it can be! Write honest and gripping essays, have shining letters of recommendation, and be yourself throughout the entire process! Show WHY you deserve to get in and why you deserve a scholarship. Ask current MT students (me!) for audition song recommendations and monologue ideas to make sure the faculty notice you and remember you.
If you do your work and show the very best you, that’s all you can do. </p>
<p>I didn’t have any personal contacts at Michigan before I came. I had worked with Mr. Wagner at the summer program but he has no control over money. He can put in a recommendation and ask that a student get money, but he doesn’t control merit money at all. You just need to know that Betty Ann Younker is in charge of the School of Music’s money and she is the one to talk to. Also, Laura Hoffman, Dean of Admissions, is very involved with the MT program and can be of help. </p>
<p>If anyone has any questions at all, please send me a PM and I would love to give advice, calm your nerves, or just help in any way that I can. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>