The performing and visual arts niche to college admissions is a specialty that few students and college counselors know how to navigate. This guidebook simplifies the process, makes it less daunting and is very straightforward. It offers practical, insightful information and helpful hints to assist students in their pursuit of an education in the performing and visual arts. "A Guide to College Choices for the Performing Visual Arts" is a must read for any student interested in studying the performing and visual arts in college.

This comprehensive guide offers specialized advice for dance, music, and theater students -- from program listings to auditioning tips.

Describes undergraduate and graduate programs in the visual arts, providing information on tuition expenses, financial aid, scolarships, enrollment, and portfolio presentation.

Profiles nearly two hundred college programs for actors, artists, dancers, musicians, and writers, each listing tuition, room and board, enrollment, degrees and concentrations offered, number of faculty, scholarships available, and other information, including contact numbers and Websites, and features stories from real-life students in which they describe their school experiences, as well as tips on conducting a college search.

Are you the student who has always dreamed of growing up to be a prima ballerina, an Oscar winning director, or even a famous architect someday? Or are you the parent or high school counselor looking to assist a potential student through the admissions process for a visual arts school? If you answered yes to either of these questions, your solution is just a few pages away! Lloyd Peterson's Consider the Arts is an inside-track guide designed for anyone interested in gaining insight and knowledge into what recruiters for schools associated with the fields of Architecture, Dance, Film, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts are looking for. Expert advice is given from a diverse and extremely qualified group of counselors currently working at high schools that emphasize the performing and visual arts so that you, the reader, can address significant questions. Examples include: -Do I even need a degree if I want to be an actor or actress? -If so, what specific degree will give me an edge in this competitive industry? -What are the most important elements of an audition and my portfolio? -Is a conservatory environment more conducive to my success as an arts student as opposed to a traditionally academically structured one? If creativity, drive and talent are the basic elements in the formula for success in the performing and visual arts, Consider the Arts is the equation that will help it all make sense for you in this comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide.

Describes graduate programs in art, dance, music, and theater, and lists undergraduate programs.

Describes graduate programs in art, dance, music, and theater, and lists undergraduate programs.