<p>My DD visited their campus this past weekend and is interested. There's not a lot of info on CC about their program. Anyone have comments to contribute?</p>
<p>Be sure to visit when school is in session and when she can meet and spend time with theater faculty and with students both in and out of the theater program. It’s a small school with an unusual location that you would want to be sure felt right, in terms of both school culture and the overall environment. We visited in the summer also, but got a very different read at on-campus auditions. They have a good reputation for placement in MFA programs, and their academic options–like the theater generalist and B.S. programs–are distinctive.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, a girl a couple years ahead of my son got her BFA at Evansville and is now studying at the very prestigious American Conservatory Theater in SF. </p>
<p>The school has a good reputation for acting. An older friend of D’s just graduated from there and will be starting at the MFA program at Mason Gross-Rutgers in the fall. It is in a small remote town and my friend had trouble getting to see her son in shows very often because of this. FWIW</p>
<p>I know of a few students who have attended. This is what I know. They select 6 girls and about 10 boys each year. They offer generous scholarships, both academic and talent. There is a decent academic course load and BFAs must fulfill the same gen eds as everyone else. Most kids I know who chose Evansville did so because they were fine with the location and fell in love with the campus. The university knows they are geographically disadvantaged and offer partial airfare reimbursement if you are an accepted student who visits. You get full reimbursement if you accept. They have a great castle in England where they have an actual campus and ample opportunities for travel in Europe.</p>
<p>The students I know haven’t graduated yet so I don’t know their future plans, but all of them are completely happy with their decision. However, these are students who knew going in that they weren’t ready for urban or big apple living/working yet. They are smart, talented students, though, who all had a breadth of somewhat selective schools to choose from, but opted for a degree without incurring a ton of debt and have received excellent training.</p>
<p>Oh, yes! I forgot about the castle!</p>