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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Accounting  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I'm from Italy... Europen system is quite different so at the beginning I was a bit confuse. I have to say that after a month I was completely ok... other students and teachers helped me to understand I the uni worked!!! Faculty Accessibility: A, Extracurricular Activities: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Dec 13 2012 1st Year Male -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=90962&uid=2723'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Although I went to AADA many moons ago, my experience has lasted a lifetime. At the time, some of the classes were a bit over the edge, as it was the age of EST training and "discovering yourself," and some of the classes reflected this. However, I have to tell you that the techniques I was given to use in my craft are ones that I retain and use to this very day. They have served me well. I was happy to see that Jackie Solotar still teaches as her gentle guidance and expertise helped ease the transition that I felt when I moved to NYC. After the academy, I was pleasantly referred by her to study with her mentor, the late Paul Mann. Regretfully, I am saddened to learn that my favorite AADA teacher, Dennis Moore, passed away in the late 80's. But knowing that AADA had the good taste and smart sensibility to hire someone of Dennis' caliber continues to bolster my faith in that school. I only had one bad teacher at AADA and that was Dee Bagley, who seemed to lack the ability to teach and relate to her students. Rather, she was arrogant, haughty, and condescending - expecting students to "get" what she was saying without giving practical application exercises to apply her curriculum in usable ways. I'll never forget that this woman attended one of my exam plays (a drama) and laughed extremely loudly at my floundering performance... Certainly not a way to foster and re-guide a young artist, now is it? Surrounding City: A+, Extracurricular Activities: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Mar 24 2012 2nd Year Female -- Class 1978    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=86156&uid=2723'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Perfomance Arts  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment AADA in nyc should be avoided. Instead, go to HB studios, or another workshop that is cheaper. The main issue is the abusive teachers. One in particular is Jackie Solotar. She is an older woman, who is verbally abusive, and seems to not not what she is talking about. Will get angry, if you tell her that she seems to not know what she's talking about. Everyone of my classmates dreaded going to her class. I don't know why AADA wont hire younger, experienced, and more relevant teachers. My guess is because Jackie has been there so long, they can under pay her, but thats just my guess. Im embarrassed having AADA on my resume, and have taken it off. When going to auditions, CD/producers are not impressed, and though the school "use" to be top notch, it's a joke now. I've been on the other end, where I've had to cast, and when I see AADA on an actor's resume, I cringe and am turned off. On IMDB, Jackie Solotars only credit is from 1979. It's not too much an abusive teacher can teach anyone, when they last acted, as an extra, in the 70's. I think she still thinks its the 70's, with her atrocious hair. Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 21 2012 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=85481&uid=2723'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save  Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3    Next

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