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?

JC and WAAPA reply for MusicalMum

Fri, 14 May 2010, 02:30 am

SLE

She's a top academic student at her school (she attends a private school) and that PLUS her interest in performing arts gets her the wrong attention from school bullies. Instead of loving high school, she is hating it. I've described the situation in other replies on here...

She wants more opportunities to try out for musicals and plays and things but resources / groups are limited where we are, so we figured going to JC would give her that attention making up for the lack of opportunity here PLUS she would be with like minded students and not stand out.

She is 13 in a few weeks time so a bit soon to say what she wants to do at WAAPA. We know she wants to act and she also likes musical theatre and opera. She is a classically trained soprano (7 years training so far). She also studies piano. But I think at WAAPA she wants to study drama and take her vocals further - I guess she'll make her mind up when she's older and getting closer to that stage. Up until last year she had always wanted to be an opera singer!

At this stage its about having opportunities for experience and training and being with likeminded peers who share common interests and getting her out of her current school because their bullying policy is deplorable and has been for many years. When you put it all together, it explains why her focus is on JC... :)

Thread (28 posts)

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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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