any good colleges to go too to study drama

catycatcat4

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im in 8th grade and i want to be a profenshal actress and i was wondering aobut good places to study drama so i tought to ask here
 
I am in 8th grade too, and i love to sing and act. I like your little icon thing under your name. Meg is my name so thats kinda cool. :teeth: :goodvibes :teeth:
 
Whoa! Don't jump the gun too soon! It's ok to be eager, but don't limit yourself so early. You've still got a LOT of school to do (which means a LOT of interests could change with the classes you take and the activities you get involved in) and you should really wait to make a decision that big until you really know that you for sure want to do it. You'll also want to look into schools that aren't just good at theater. You'll want a school that's well-rounded so, if you DO change your mind, you won't have to transfer or anything.

I thought, for five years, that I wanted to be a nurse. One semester into classes, I hated it and changed my major. Since then, I've officially changed it one more time and unofficially changed it about ten times. Most people can't even make up their minds while they're in college, let alone do it five years in advance. I'm not saying it's not possible, at all, but it's just not probable that, at such a young age, you'll want to do the exact same thing later on.

Also, what kind of an actress do you want to be? The theater type that does acting on a stage or the movie type that acts in front of the camera? What about working backstage? Does that interest you at all? Or is it strictly acting? What kind of experience in acting do you actually have? There are colleges that specialize in different areas and it's tough to give you any help without knowing specifics.
 
Off the top of my head...NYU, Yale, UCLA, New College, University of Miami (represent!)...if you're in 8th grade, though, why don't you look at summer programs to see if you really like to act? NYU has amazing theatre programs! My fiance went there for jazz and tap dance and says it's the thing that made him decide to go into acting. :-)
 

I go to Cal State Fullerton (in Southern CA) and their theatre program is AMAZING. and they just built two new beautiful theatres on campus. i am in a theatre 100 class and we were required to see the school plays. I have never seen such talented actors and actresses before. my teachers for my theatre class are grad students, so they've told us stories about the acting coaches at my school. they tell us that are super hard coaches but it's wahat made them become the amazing actors that they are.
 
It took me 10 years to get my undergradutate this year. I kept changing my mind on what I wanted, and the funy things is. Ultimatly i ended up with what i started with. But i'm glad it's over. :rotfl2:
 

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