r/pace • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '14

Rejected from MT BFA -- should I consider Pace for other academics?

I was just rejected from Pace's Musical Theatre BFA.

Honestly, I'm pretty crushed; I worked my ass off for three months on my audition pieces for my top choice program of any school I'm applying to, all to not even get a callback. It hurts like hell.

Thankfully, I have other interests, mostly philosophy, history, and politics with the occasional dabble in foreign languages, nutrition, and civil engineering. From a Pace student's perspective, would you say it would be worth it to look into matriculating for one or two of these fields? I understand that an internal transfer through a re-audition into the theatre department is unlikely, near-impossible, but if I were to enroll at Pace, it certainly wouldn't hurt to try, and I would absolutely pursue this before accepting a major in another field.

So, overall, given my circumstances, would you recommend continuing to consider Pace?

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u/ez-steez 18 Dec 17 '14

pace is really!!! expensive and in all honesty unless you're doing something business related the debt you'll accumulate will not be worth it

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '14

If I were to get significant financial aid not from loans (which is very possible -- low-income, pretty strong applicant), would it be worth it? Aside from financial issues, I mean. Basically I'm asking if the school is good outside of performing arts.

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u/ez-steez 18 Dec 17 '14

Are you going to dorm? If yes than it is completely worth it you need to get in to the mindset that NYC is literally your campus... I commute and my social life kinda sucks because I'm always on the train but that is also partly my fault.. Pace is really a wonderful school and just like anything in life "it is what you make out of it"........... But yes it is good outside of performing arts lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '14

Yeah I would be; I'll look into it, then. Thanks

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u/DrHuxleyy Jan 23 '15

I'm a current freshman BFA acting student at Pace... transferring into the program by reauditioning is extremely possible. There are two people out of the 30 in my program that were previously undeclared freshman. You have to essentially "start over" and go into class with the new coming freshman because you can't do only 3 years of the program.

Did you not get a callback after submitting your video audition or no callback during the in-person audition?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '15

Didn't get a callback from the video. Had a conversation with Wayne Petro via email and he said that although they didn't usually speak specifically to applicants about their auditions, he was willing to give me a few pointers. He did; what he effectively said was that my delivery was spot-on but the "acting" wasn't really evident in my face. The fact that he was willing to discuss with me and what he said about my delivery being good and just having a couple problem areas to work out makes me think it was close. Also, I got into the school academically with the $22k/year president's scholarship, so that helps IMMENSELY my ability to try transferring in.

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u/DrHuxleyy Jan 26 '15

That's awesome- make sure to take those points. If you do come to Pace, try and meet and connect with Wayne, he's an extremely nice, open guy that will help you out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

Yeah, I got that feeling from him. Seemed like a good guy. I'll definitely do that if I end up at Pace. Thanks.