Getting into John Curtin College of the Arts

Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 03:28 am

SLE28 posts in thread

In an environment that can often be not what you know but who you know... any tips on how to get my daughter into John Curtin?

I just discovered I've missed the application date for NEXT year by just a few weeks :( 15 March they closed :(

There are limited opps where we live and it really does appear to be who you know here rather than what you know.

She wants to get to WAAPA eventually.

Ideas?

What does she want to do

Sat, 24 Apr 2010, 11:14 pm

Garreth

What does she want to do when she leaves WAAPA? I have many of my students say that they would like to eventually get into WAAPA and that is why they're doing my course. I ask them what they would like to do once they leave WAAPA and they say "I would like to be an actor", I then respond "going to WAAPA is not a pre-requisite to being an actor". My point is, if you have the drive, the aptitude and the passion for acting then you are just as likely to succeed as someone who has had formal training. JC, WAAPA, NIDA and many more are all great places to undertake training, but they are not magic backdoor entrances into the professional industry.

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Getting into John Curtin College of the Arts— SLE21 Apr 2010

its not a case of who you— Walter Plinge23 Apr 2010
- reply to alias— SLE14 May 2010
Going to JC is not a prerequisite for WAAPA.....— MusicalMum24 Apr 2010
- JC and WAAPA reply for MusicalMum— SLE14 May 2010
  - Ah, I didn't read this— Tom Camp17 May 2010
I went to JC. I auditioned— tifbif24 Apr 2010
What does she want to do— Garreth24 Apr 2010
- Reply to What Does She Want to Do— SLE14 May 2010
Selections controlled by Department of Education— migrum26 Apr 2010
- reply to "migrum"— SLE14 May 2010
Reading the original post— Kimberley26 Apr 2010
- Yay - you understood me :)— SLE14 May 2010
It's interesting to read— Walter Plinge26 Apr 2010
- What colleges south of the river?— SLE14 May 2010
agree with all, try for— Walter Plinge28 Apr 2010
- John Curtin - Waapa— SLE14 May 2010
A former student of John Curtin— Walter Plinge30 Apr 2010
- I have had an actor go— Garreth30 Apr 2010
re doing outside shows, we— Walter Plinge3 May 2010
- There are legitimate— Na3 May 2010
I went to John Curtin,— Tom Camp15 May 2010
- reply to tom camp— SLE16 May 2010
  - No, no you misunderstand. I— Tom Camp17 May 2010
there are some good— Walter Plinge16 May 2010
- Exactly, applying late— Tom Camp17 May 2010
Hey Tom, My daughter has— Walter Plinge28 June 2010
Response to 'Walter Plinge'— David Hardie29 June 2010

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