Marymount Manhattan College

Does anyone here attend/know anything about Marymount Manhattan College?

I am looking for any details that anyone has, especially regarding their theater program. Thank you!

I know there are a few people here who go there. I'm going there next year, so I know a few things about the program. Feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer.

Updated On: 3/9/05 at 10:18 PM

My best friend goes there as a dance major, so I've actually been there a few times. The 55th Street dorm is really nice, if that matters. I also considered applying to the theatre program and attended the open house and all that. They're really nice and helpful people, and very much willing to answer your questions. The curriculum sounds really great, very competitive, but great. The movement/dance lady is especially nice. I've also met a few of the theatre majors, and they all have nothing but good things to say about the program. They said it was hard, but they're learning tons. It was cool to just walk down the hall of a dorm and hear incredible voices singing incredible showtunes

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Updated On: 3/9/05 at 11:11 PM

Not offhand, but she was at the open house. I think she had long dark hair...I'm so bad with names...I just keep replacing her in my head with Donna Murphy in Center Stage. I know..it's bad.

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My goodness...well, I can see why she's in the theatre. She can act...my mother thought she was ever so sweet lol.

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Too much competition.

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I've PMed CapnHook, asking him to elaborate.

Okay. Well, to start...

Do you enjoy MMC? What about it makes it so great?

What do you dislike about MMC?

Well, that's what I want to know.

I just want to know your opinion on the school!! What the hell kind of questions am I supposed to ask??? LOL

Okay.

Now tell me anything that you DON'T like about the school. I'm looking for true, honest opinions.

Also, do you know if it is very difficult to get in? I have no idea how difficult or not it is to be accepted.

What are some of the classes you take? How about some of the required classes, including regular liberal arts classes?

Thank you very much! I will probably have more specific questions later on, but right now, that will do. Thanks again!

"Well, in the school, there are hundreds of theatre students. For productions, all theatre students shall be auditioning. Say there are 200 students, your chances in getting into say 6 shows are 6/200, or 3/100. Not good odds. So you will have less experience. And more minorly, less to put on the resume.

Go to a small school with a good theatre program, say with 50 students, then you will be on stage all the time, get a LOT of experience, and have good material to put on the resume.

College is not for performing, it is for training.

This doesn't mean MMC is a bad school, but it also doesn't mean other lesser known schools are any worse. Some may be better. It all depends on you and what you want. But a FACT is that you will be on stage less than a typical school, or a typical school with a better-than-average theatre program.

You need to really do your homework in finding the right school for you. Make a list of all things you look for in a college, the theatre program in the college, and the city the college is located in. Then see which schools offer the most on your list.

I attend a college with an exceptional theatre program. A celebrity's son goes here, our technical professor is well-known in the tech world (he invented a stage paint, and even invented the Nickelodeon slime and other stuff), it's small with no more than 50 theatre students, and offers 6 semesters of acting courses (as opposed to the typical 4). Many other pluses and minuses to my college. But I am happy, and I believe it will allow me to be successful in my career. It's the training I need.

Hope this helps."

-CapnHook


Feel free to comment, munkustrap178... or any other students of MMC.