<p>If one is not accepted to any college programs but does get into AMDA and would still rather pursue a more collegiate experience, would it be a good idea to spend a year at AMDA and then reapply to college programs as a transfer? Has anyone done this?</p>
<p>If you were willing to consider it a gap year, that might be a good option. However, I am not sure most colleges would accept the AMDA credits. It might be a good idea to ask directly at some of the schools you are interested in applying to.</p>
<p>Hey! So here’s some info about me… I’m 20 and just finished up my sophomore year at Arizona State for theatre. However, I am looking to transfer to AMDA to finish out the last 2 years of my overall college years (I’m just not happy with the training offered at ASU and AMDA has been a good choice for me personally, having done research).</p>
<p>My bigest worry is acceptance to the school… I have read that while it is easy to get into, that they have a sort of cap off for the number of students for each semester… So since I am auditioning late (May 16th is my audition in LA for fall semester), I’m worried I will be rejected due to those who were already accepted.</p>
<p>I’m surprised my current school is not mentioned for a musical theatre major… While our School of Theatre is so-so, our Shcool of Music is amazing… If you know and have a GOOD grasp on music theory and are willing to study mostly just classical.</p>
<p>Are you interested in the BFA in LA, or the ceritificate program in NYC. My D is in the certificate program in NYC. She auditioned in June, was accepted within about a week, and started in the fall. Quite a few of her peers auditioned in April-June.</p>
<p>blondebelter - my D auditioned in February and was accepted into the BFA MT in LA. She ultimately decided to go somewhere else, but she had a great experience with her AMDA audition.</p>
<p>I’m torn between the BFA program or the Intergrated one… With the BFA program I will hold an actual degree (and please my parents by doing so) but I don’t know if all my credits will transfer over. However, if I decide on the Intergrated program, my plan is to get a BA in English online through community college. Either way, though, it’s the L.A. campus at least for the first year.</p>
<p>So far, though, my biggest concern is tuition… I refuse to pay all in student loans as that is completely insane. For FASFA, I know for ASU I was only given fifty-five hundred, which covered my housing; my parents could cover tuition. Now of course is a different matter entirely and while there are scholarships, websites for them aren’t any help… As far as grants go, I do not qualify for much anything as my parents are small business owners and therefore we own property… Even my dad being on disability, the state doesn’t care. </p>
<p>Speaking as parents, how did you offer to help your daughters? Or were you like my own mother and said, “If you want it, you need to find funding yourself”?</p>
<p>When my D was accepted to AMDA she received a scholarship and loans as her only financial aid. She received scholarships from every school she applied to, but AMDA gave her one of the smallest ones she received. I remember from their information session that they would accept a certain number of GE credits for transfer students, but not credits for their performance classes. </p>
<p>I would suggest contacting AMDA as they were very helpful when my D was accepted and had questions regarding the program.</p>
<p>I’ve been going there for over 6 semesters without taking one semester off (which means that i was the first class in history to have the most fortunate opportunity to graduate with a BFA in Musical Theater) and can only say this in all honesty… by the time i have had there, you have literally had 90% of the teachers that have turned me into the talented young man i am today. i can honestly say that after this long, i truly and am, and i am most ecstatic to tell you the honest to god truth about this school. flawless is the word i can best describe the teachings i have received. people can think of it as a scam or a solid “profit based organization” but as a long time student and getting to know the faculty and administration and inner workings of this school, i have come to find that this is a school that has so far taught me more than i could have ever known. so for people to say meaningless things who have no concept of what the school truly has to offer these days, i say this: you have not gone there for this long without a break, you do not know the flawless teachings we receive, you do not know the love us students receive, you do not know the life long connections and ‘to the grave’ friends we become, you do not know how the adults while still keeping our individuality we become and most importantly, you do not have any idea nor can you fathom the sheer talent we have grow into such as writers, dancers, actors, singers, comedians, friends and just over all entertaining artists we are and will be. but than again… I’m only speaking from a future satisfied graduate… but most importantly, someone who knows what im talking about with and an honest, non-bias opinion… question me… i beg you.</p>
<p>It sure doesn’t sound like justasmartkid is “unbiased”, LOL! It is good, however, to hear from a student who is happy with the program.</p>
<p>Justasmartkid: THank you thank you thank you thank you so much for your post!!! Yours is the kind of post I have been looking for. I needed to hear something good about AMDA before I made the huge decision of deciding to go there IF i get accepted. But it’s helped me a lot in putting my mind at ease while I even prepare for my audition. Again it is good to hear something like this from someone who has been there recently and actually knows what they are talking about! You are a Godsend. Thanks again and good luck to you! Cheers!</p>
<p>My D and most of her peers are very happy with the program. They work very hard and my D feels so much more ready to go out into the world of performance than she thought she would just a year or so ago.</p>
<p>Hello, I just joined this site because my son is graduating from High school this year and he was to pursue an acting/theater career. We live in a suburb of Seattle and are considering Cornish. Someone mentioned AMDA and I’d love to get any information I can about the program…I’m a little concerned with the posts I’ve read here regarding the lack of consistent faculty and mentoring etc. Since your daughter attends, I’d love to get her feelings or concerns about this. Thanks</p>
<p>spmusic, right now my D is preparing for her MT Showcase this weekend, so she is really busy, but she does love it. If you want to PM me any specific questions I will try to answer them. My D goes to the NY campus getting the 2 year certificate, btw, so I can’t help much with any LA/BFA questions you may have.</p>
I recently got accepted to AMDA in LA and after reading all the negative reviews with a couple good ones I’m really afraid… I came across this site and your post gave me some comfort I haven’t seen anything else written within the last couple of years most of them go back to 2006 if there’s any feedback or anything I should know before dropping everything and moving out to LA I would greatly appreciate it