my daughter got into carnegie mellon's drama school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many, many famous actors went to CMU drama school. Where does your DD want to go? Does she definitely want to do drama? Can you swing a quick trip to Pittsburgh to take a second look?

I don’t think this is true. They claim Ethan Hawke but he didn’t even attend a full semester.

Leslie Odam Jr. and Zach Quinto are two of my favs. Also, Suri Cruise is there now.

So the question becomes, if Suri is successful, how much of that can be contributed to the school she is at vs who her parents are? I would have a hard time paying such a high cost for this major, but I fully admit to not knowing how much school contributes to landing parts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many, many famous actors went to CMU drama school. Where does your DD want to go? Does she definitely want to do drama? Can you swing a quick trip to Pittsburgh to take a second look?

I don’t think this is true. They claim Ethan Hawke but he didn’t even attend a full semester.

Leslie Odam Jr. and Zach Quinto are two of my favs. Also, Suri Cruise is there now.

See, if that’s their best, I’m not impressed.

[Anonymous]

If she doesn't like the school/city, she shouldn't go! Life is too short.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she doesn't like the school/city, she shouldn't go! Life is too short.

Life is so short that OP's kid is probably graduating (from somewhere!) this spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand applying to places that you don’t like. My son tried that too. Like, I don’t really like it here, but I’ll apply anyway.


Had to put a stop to that. No need to waste $50 so he can collect acceptance letters.

Yep, unless they like the “drama”

[Anonymous]

This is a post from 2021. OP's kid is graduating this kid from somewhere.

As an aside, people not in theater field or without a kid who pursued this route of an audition-based drama program, getting into CM drama is a HUGE deal. You people think it's hard to get your kid into Harvard? Try this. They take 12 kids for the musical theater program at CM. The network a kid gains from going to a school like this is also huge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a post from 2021. OP's kid is graduating this spring from somewhere.

As an aside, people not in theater field or without a kid who pursued this route of an audition-based drama program, getting into CM drama is a HUGE deal. You people think it's hard to get your kid into Harvard? Try this. They take 12 kids for the musical theater program at CM. The network a kid gains from going to a school like this is also huge.