Being a Theatre Major... stress & venting — Page 3

Congrats to those of you smart enough to check out and choose Oklahoma City University as your musical theater college.

With the smallest class size of any other major MT college (thirteen to one class ratio), a brand new 35 million dollar music school building (with three theaters) and one of the lowest tuitions for a nationally ranked MT program, you can't loose.

Don't believe me. Just ask Kelli O'Hara....Stacey Logan...Ron Raines...Jordan Ballard...Lara Teeter...and Kristen.

http://www.okcu.edu/music/alumni.asp

Email me with any questions! I go there!

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Updated On: 8/9/04 at 10:51 PM

yeah that 13 to 1 class ratio thing doesn't add up. i'm pretty sure a lot of schools have that. doesn't carnegie melon only have like 13 or 15 MT kids in the entire program?

but regardless, yes OCU is a good school to look into.

In everything I've read about NYU, they claim their student/faculty ratio was 12:1 or 13:1. This cannot be true for the theatre dept. b/c CMU's is usually 10:1 or 11:1 and they take a 1/3 of what NYU usually takes for their Drama dept.

That is correct. I forgot that they split all the students into different studios.

i really only know about my school, but NYU's Tisch School of the Arts has a very competitive technical theater program with i think about 12-14 admitted each year. they get a lot personal attention, work very hard and are a huge part of the theater program.

is Pace University any good?...its in NY and has a pretty big theatre department i believe. im not sure. does anyone know anything?

I am surprised at seeing Syracuse on several lists for theater. When I attended there (many moons ago) it was NOT known as a good program. When did it acquire this reputation?

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except that it is nowhere near the city, and it is a good program

Hi all, I'm new to the board. I just finished my whirlwind tour of colleges, and the verdict... I love Muhlenberg. Maybe it's just me, but the fact that they have a great theater program AND the traditional "college experience" makes it a top choice. The campus is GORGEOUS and the theater facilities are great. I have to say that I found Marymount Manhattan to be lacking in much depth. I feel like going there would be like High School: The Sequel. The theater programs are pretty good, but I just found the staff unequipped to deal with the students, and the all-around package wasn't great. I feel that NYU is grossly overrated. My parents can't personally afford to pay $43,000 a year for me to go to a school where it's so easy to get swept up in the shuffle. I have an A/B gpa (3.3) and a 1440 on my SATs... and I'm still not eligible for any scholarships. bah... Whatever NYU... I never liked you anyway. I visited some other schools with varying theater programs... none worth mentioning. My only school left to visit is Shenandoah. I guess it'll come down to that or Muhlenberg. There... My 2 cents.