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Wow, you guys are now like my official theatrical shoulders to cry on. xp Sorry. I swear I'm not an emotional wreckz0rz.

So anyway. I'm transferring from my horrid little college for sure now. I have two little theatrical gems I'm looking at right now, Wright State University and Bowling Green State University. Both are relatively small, which I like. Both have great theatre departments. It breaks down a little like this:

Wright:
-BFA degree (more theatre, less bullshit to pay for)
-they groom you for a job
-closer to home
-JUST acting, no tech or costumes or other cool stuff.
-I won't be allowed a minor

BGSU:
-BA degree (less theatre, more bullshit to pay for)
-more specialty classes in their department, like puppetry and playwriting
-further from home
-has a fantastic creative writing program for the playwright in you
-I can minor in that.

I'm a big fan of a lot of facets of theatre, but I also don't think that I should be paying for a bunch of classes like algebra and chemistry that I'm never going to use in the future. For one I don't even know if I have the talent for a BFA program, but the choice between the two schools is being presented right now and I'm getting frustrated. I just want to know what you guys all think, or what you would choose if you were in my shoes.

Do you plan on going to grad school?

From what I've heard (and have been researching) most grad schools prefer you have a strong foundation in the Gen Ed courses before you settle down for a specific degree. Plus, you'll probably still need a math or science class no matter where you go. I could have gone for a BFA in design, and I would have had the exact same gen ed courses, I just would have had to take shakespeare instead of lit in film. I went with the BA 1) less stress 2) I wanted a minor 3) I wanted a language and 4) Grad schools like BAs

If you want to have the education to have a job when you graduate, then you really might want to think about the one that offers training in a range of the area of theatre. Focus on ONE thing and that's all you'll be able to do, focus on a few things you will have a few things to fall back on for a job. Can't get an acting job? Then it's a good thing you learned how to hang lights, you can get jobs at work calls.

I know you might want to say, "I'll go here for acting!" but as an actor in a show in New York said, "It doesn't matter what you have a degree in or where it's from. You can have a degree from the top acting school in the world, but if someone is still a better actor then you, they'll get the job over you. Or visa versa."