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Theatre designer here. Just being accepted into that program is a winning lottery ticket. Make it through, and the worst life that awaits you is a tenured professorship, if not a Broadway and TV career.

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Yeah, exactly, Yale Drama is just one of those places that will make your career. There are certainly great actors out there that go on different paths, but Yale is going to give you an enormous advantage.

Here is a list of some of their alumni: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Yale_School_of_Drama_...

I disagree. They have a couple hundred students there at any time and the percent of people who will make an actual career from it is still relatively low. Way better than moving to Hollywood with no connections but it is still extremely winner take all.

They only accept 15-17 people per year. They probably have a lot more in undergrad, but from what I understand this is for their MFA program:

https://www.drama.yale.edu/training/acting/application-requi...

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