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I actually hadn't made up my mind yet which is why I asked the question and was hoping for nice people to give me an opinion. Onstage in your underpants and not an actor? Poledancer then? I don't think it's a good idea either. Eh, just one of my many what if ideas at 2 am. Thanks to those who tried to be helpful.

I actually hadn't made up my mind yet which is why I asked the question and was hoping for nice people to give me an opinion. Onstage in your underpants and not an actor? Poledancer then? I don't think it's a good idea either. Eh, just one of my many what if ideas at 2 am. Thanks to those who tried to be helpful.

A little more background- I'm an actor looking to get into an MFA Acting program where the entire admissions process is audition based and completely subjective. Letters of recommendation, transcripts and personal statements are definitely secondary. Those who take risks, make strong, bold choices and differentiate themselves succeed. Those who are timid, indecisive and blend into the pack simply don't. Personality and originality are everything. It is a horse of a different color from the rest of academia... Bet you never had to walk around in your underpants onstage in front of 300 people during your undergrad. Tangent-I would never ask a child to make a crayon drawing. Wow, that's just wow. Even the crazy theatre people would think that was odd and inappropriate. The person whom I ran the marathon with is very well educated and works in social services. I am confident she would write a great letter.

Hi, I am applying for MFA arts programs and need 3 recommenders. I have two: one I worked with professionally and one academically. I feel confident that they both will write excellent recommendations attesting to my talent, character, etc. What if my third recommender was an unorthodox choice? I am a somewhat unorthodox applicant as well. The person I am thinking of asking is very special to me because we ran a marathon together this year. We were both members of the same charity team, we had never met before we happened upon each other during the race. (We were wearing the same charity bib.) We encouraged each other along the way and toward the end, when she could barely walk, I refused to let her drop out or give up. I don't want to exploit the event in a conceited "look at what I did" way but I think it may be a neat way capture my personality, my drive to succeed and my refusal to give up. It was a deeply inspirational event and it has affected the way I plan on living the rest of my life. Plus I'm damn proud that I finished! Thoughts?

Yeah! another theatre person! I only applied to one school, Depaul, because I wanted to stay in Chicago. I was waitlisted the first week of March for MFA Acting. I probably won't hear anything until mid-April but I could hear something as late as June. If it happens great. If it doesn't happen, that's okay too. But I really hate waiting for anything and I'm not holding my breath. I think that $135 is extremely steep for an application and interview. Their lack of communication would bother me as well. The professors warning you against the program would lead me to believe that the program may have a bad reputation in the theatre world. Have you heard back from your other 2 schools yet? Sel