How To Build Your Perfect Musical Theatre College List | How I Did It + Where I'm Going

[@MadisonHalla]

Make sure to check out the description for *links* to my website (mt application resources), spreadsheets for organizing your schools, top program lists, college confidential resources, and college audition coaches!

[@maelyswega3045]

WE NEED MORE MT KZbinRS LIKE YOU!!

[@MadisonHalla]

Aww this is so sweet!!

[@kennethhalla]

Wish we had this video when you were going through the process last year.

[@MadisonHalla]

that is true! Hopefully, the links will be very helpful for others!

[@michaelwilliams6132]

Oh my thank you for the shoutout! This video really helped me find some great safety schools👍🏼

[@MadisonHalla]

of course Michael! I'm glad this video helped! Best of luck!!

[@dannyb2519]

You’re literally an angel sent from heaven I am so thankful for your chanel!!!!

[@MadisonHalla]

Awww this is the sweetest thing ever thank you SOOO much!!!!

[@alexbeach376]

Love your videos Madison! Thank you sm for this!!

[@MadisonHalla]

Alex! Thank you so much!

[@MadisonHalla]

I'm really glad you liked it and I miss you!

[@brewing_music1460]

I am so grateful that I came across your video! OMG I loved this! Thank you so much for your tips. This video was very helpful

[@MadisonHalla]

Aww thank you so much that made my day! I'm so glad you found this helpful!!

[@zazihalla9869]

Such an awesome video Ma!!!!!

[@MadisonHalla]

thank you so much!!

[@sanjnakaul5396]

when do you think is the right time to get an audition coach?

[@MadisonHalla]

If you're going to work with them consistently then I would say you should start now or at least as soon as possible. But if you're only planning on having one meeting then I would say in a month when you have a list of schools put together.

[@ArcherFudge]

One thing I've been struggling with is figuring out what to label as a safety school vs. target school vs. reach. How low does an acceptance rate need to be to be considered a safety school? How high does it need to be to be a reach? I have zero concept of this edit: how early should i start working on audition prep? I'm about to start my freshman year of highschool rn and I'm currently researching college options.

[@MadisonHalla]

This is SOO difficult to do. I feel like for musical theatre programs it's different and everything falls under two categories: safety and reach. I completely disregard the term "target school". Safety schools would be theatre programs where you don't have to audition/schools where your getting into the program is based on your academic and application to the school. The rest would be "reach schools" which sounds scary but you just have to realize that because you could get into a top 10 school and not get into one ranked much lower. So you almost have to change your mindset around it. As far as when to start preparing. I'd say there is such a thing as starting too early. It could be difficult to choose a song that you're still going to like in three years or one that will resonate with you or show off your voice in the same way it did when you first found it years before. So I'd recommend finding and working on songs you enjoy in general and maybe down the line you may revisit one of those for college auditions. Overall, always be practicing and taking dance classes and try to be in shows. But when you do officially start, I'd recommend beginning your college essays the summer before and finding material a little before that. Hopefully that helps!

[@ArcherFudge]

@@MadisonHalla this is super helpful, thank you so much!

[@MadisonHalla]

@@ArcherFudge Of course!

[@hayeshunter4007]

Do you think junior year is a good time to start preparing for MT programs?

[@MadisonHalla]

I don't see why not! If you have the time and want to start earlier then that can help take off some of the stress you'll experience next year because you won't have as much to do! Finding schools right now is a great idea as well because when you go to tour schools (online or in-person) you want to look at schools you're possibly going to apply to and attend. I visited 5 schools before I did much research and only ended up applying to 2 of them. You can also start looking for songs and monologues, that will really help get you ahead. You may end up changing your songs or monologues as the year goes by but then you'll have backup material! You should also keep practicing dance so you're ready for the dance calls! I have some videos that will help with that which I'll link, best of luck!!! How to Find Audition Monologues: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXW0hWV-aM2SfMU How to Find Audition Songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2e0fX6oo61mfNE How to Become a Better Dancer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIappnZ5nNh1Y7M

[@alexishusband3885]

What year of high school should you start sending in aplications?

[@MadisonHalla]

I started sending in applications during my senior year of high school, mostly the summer before school started and in the beginning months when school started!

[@alexishusband3885]

@@MadisonHalla THANK YOU!!!

[@MadisonHalla]

@@alexishusband3885 of course!! Best of luck and reach out if you have any more questions!

[@AceHardy]

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[@MadisonHalla]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@justmichaelhernandez]

Can and should I apply for the BFA AND BM programs at the same schools?

[@MadisonHalla]

most likely you can’t but it depends on the school, for NYU for example, you can’t apply to both

[@ignaciotoscano3259]

what’s the difference between a musical theater degree and an acting degree?

[@MadisonHalla]

Musical theatre includes singing, acting and dancing and acting includes acting training (sometimes it may have a little singing and/or acting but mainly acting)

[@MadisonHalla]

If that doesn't completely answer your questions, let me know!

[@ignaciotoscano3259]

@@MadisonHalla Thanks so much! What do you think would be a good pick for someone who wants to act in movies more so then broadway?

[@MadisonHalla]

@@ignaciotoscano3259 It depends on if you want to do movie musicals but if you just want to do movies with only acting I would suggest a degree in acting. Specifically a degree in film acting, not theatre acting because those two are different.

[@ignaciotoscano3259]

@@MadisonHalla sorry to bother again but i’m looking at colleges right now. what if i want to act more so in movies but still kind of want to sing?

[@charanram]

can u advice for acting course & process advice if IELTS or GRE is better

[@MadisonHalla]

Can you elaborate on what the IELTS and GRE is?

[@charanram]

@@MadisonHalla its an Test I need to write to get the Student Visa

[@MadisonHalla]

@@charanram I'm sorry, unfortunately, I don't know enough about those to help.

[@charanram]

@@MadisonHalla no problem

[@MadisonHalla]

@@charanram Best of luck! If you have any other questions about applying to college programs let me know and I'll do my best to answer!

[@nirvikabhatnagar7549]

Are there scholarships for BM/BFA ?

[@MadisonHalla]

That would depend on the school, I don’t know if many have scholarships for the program. But a lot of the schools that have these programs give out scholarships for good grades.

[@nirvikabhatnagar7549]

@@MadisonHalla thankyou so much for ur reply you are such a sweet heart.

[@lexrayas7828]

Hi Madison, i'm a foreign arts lover that dreams with studying in usa, do you know if there’s some kind of scholarship to foreign students? I would really appreciate your answer

[@MadisonHalla]

I don't know much about scholarships for foreign students but maybe this link can help! www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/high-school-counselors/nyu-scholarships.html

[@lexrayas7828]

@@MadisonHalla thank you soo much!

[@MadisonHalla]

@@lexrayas7828 of course!