Admission to the MFA/MLitt in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance

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Admission

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Candidates are first admitted as MLitt students. Interviews for admission to MFA studies take place shortly before completion of the MLitt, which is a prerequisite for the MFA.

Admission is competitive. Offers of admission are extended to the strongest candidates based on:

undergraduate record: Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. academic major in the arts and sciences or other appropriate discipline minimum 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of college work (average GPA of the 2005 entering class was 3.61).
GRE test scores: verbal, quantitative, analytical writing. A minimum of 550 on the verbal and a 5.0 on the analytical writing is required (average scores of the 2005 entering class were verbal: 605, quantitative: 556, and analytical: 5.0)
two recommendations, at least one of which should normally be an academic reference.
professional experience, where relevant
any previous graduate work

Selected candidates will be invited to Mary Baldwin College for interviews, which may include a brief audition. Candidates for, or considering, the Acting and /or Directing concentrations should prepare a brief audition piece and are encouraged to submit videotapes or other evidence of their work. No admission will be granted without an interview/audition.

Deadline

Applications for Fall 2010 will receive full consideration for merit scholarships if received by February 1, 2010.

For more information contact:
Ashley Clark Buchanan
Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
Mary Baldwin Office of Graduate Admissions
Staunton, VA 24401
800-468-2262