Hi all!
I am so glad to have some fellow data nerds! My daughter was intrigued with the data I analyzed a few days ago and decided collect data from some MT college students. Thanks to the students, I now have 68 new data points for your viewing pleasure!
People currently in BFA school were asked
How many audition schools did you apply to?
How many did you get accepted to?
Did you use a coach?
What is your graduation year?
Table is listed below.
#1 & #2 applied to schools 2 years in a row so counted as 2 data points.
#35 applied to BFA acting.
Caveats
- These are descriptive stats. They are used to paint a picture. It is impossible to demonstrate cause and effect from data.
- I will be reporting on averages. No BFA person is "average" and your situation may be different.
Trends
- 28 people used a coach, 38 did not, 2 did not specify
- people with a coach applied to more schools on average (15.57) compared to those without a coach (11.47)
- people with a coach got into on average 36.63% of schools applied vs. 44.04 of people who did not use a coach.
- people with a coach got into 5.43 schools vs. 5.05 schools without a coach
- I asked about class year. Most of the responses were from the class of 2022, so I didn't separate these out.
What can the data tell us?
- The most interesting thing from the data is that on average, people are getting into more schools than we believed (we were told 1-2 schools for every 10 applied). The averages seem much higher. This is also supported in another set I analyzed, where the number of schools accepted was 5.06/4.56 for a coach/no coach. https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/2107020-college-confidential-class-of-2022-data-analysis.html#latest
Why did you analyze the coach aspect?
- The coach/no coach seems to be a hot button for people and I was personally curious to see if I could gain any insight from people's answers. From this data, it seems like those who use a coach apply to more schools, get accepted to a slightly higher number of schools, but get into a lower percentage of schools. In the other data set I analyzed, the percentages were almost identical (37.16% coached,, 37.25% non coached).
Any other insights?
- From the comments, some of you took a gap year and re-auditioned. In every case I saw in this data set and the other one I analyzed, doing this process twice yielded better results. Not necessarily in the number of schools, but in the "fit" of schools.
Anyway, thanks again, everyone. It was fun! As always, I welcome comments and insights from fellow data nerds.
# schools applied schools accepted coach class of?
1 9 0 yes 2020
2* 16 5 no 2021
3 15 7 yes 2022
4 8 6 no 2021
5 10 4 yes 2022
6 17 5 no 2022
7 8 3 yes 2022
8 10 2 no 2022
9 9 2 yes 2022
10 12 4 no 2022
11 15 1 yes 2022
12 12 5 no 2022
13 18 12 yes 2022
14 16 6 no 2022
15 15 3 yes 2022
16 26 6 yes 2022
17 5 2 no 2022
18 8 2 no 2022
19 16 8 yes 2022
20 13 1 no 2022
21 8 3 no 2020
22 10 2 no 2022
23 12 10 yes 2021
24 18 5 yes 2022
25 12 4 yes 2022
26 6 1 yes 2022
27 10 4 no 2022
28 9 3 yes 2021
29 20 11 no 2022
30 11 4 no 2021
31 13 4 yes 2022
32 10 8 no 2022
33 10 8 no 2022
34 12 10 yes 2021
35* 17 8 yes 2022
36 12 8 no 2022
37 7 4 no 2022
38 18 3 yes 2022
39 12 6 no 2022
40 6 5 no 2022
41 12 2 no 2021
42 21 16 no 2022
43 18 6 yes 2022
44 15 4 no 2021
45 13 7 no 2022
46 11 2 no 2022
47 6 4 no 2022
48 14 9 no 2022
49 4 1 no 2022
50 17 6 yes 2022
51 15 3 no 2022
52 17 7 ? 2022
53 16 7 yes 2022
54 13 5 ? 2022
55 22 12 no 2021
56 19 6 yes 2022
57 6 3 no 2021
58 8 4 no 2022
59 22 5 yes 2022
60 9 5 no 2022
61 17 11 yes 2022
62 23 1 yes 2022
63 16 8 yes 2021
64 10 4 no 2022
65 9 8 yes 2022
66 10 7 no 2022
67 23 6 no 2022
68 4 2 no 2022
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