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How to Apply

To apply to the Jordan College of Fine Arts at Butler, you’ll need to complete:
• A Butler application and all the general materials required for it (including application form, transcripts, standardized test scores, letters of recommendation, etc. See the admission web site for more details.);
• A specialized JCFA departmental application for the department in which you intend to enroll;
• An audition or personal interview.
You’ll find specific information and forms for both applications at Butler’s admission web site. Your Butler academic application may be submitted on paper or online; your JCFA application must be submitted on paper using the appropriate form for your desired major. This major must match the one declared on the academic application.

Audition and Interview Dates

 

Dance

  • Monday, October 8
  • Friday, October 19
  • Monday, October 29
  • Friday, November 2
  • Friday, November 9
  • Monday, November 12
  • Friday, January 18 (Audition Filled)
  • Friday, January 25 (Audition Filled)
  • Friday, February 1 (Audition Filled)
  • Monday, February 4 (Audition Filled)
  • Monday, February 11 (Audition Filled)
  • Friday, February 22 (Audition Filled)
  • Monday, February 25 (Audition Filled)
  • Monday, March 3 (Audition Filled)
  • Friday, March 21 (Audition Filled)
  • Monday, March 24 (Audition Filled)
  • Friday, March 28

*Dance Students with audition dates after March 1, 2008:

The Office of Financial Aid begins processing and awarding need based aid on March 15.

The announcement of Dance Talent Awards for Auditions held in March will be made by approximately April 1.

If a student’s financial aid award was processed prior to April 1 and the student receives a Dance Talent Award April 1, the Butler Grant funds in the financial aid award notice are subject to revision.

Media Arts

  • Friday, November 9
  • Friday, November 30
  • Friday, January 25
  • Friday, February 1
  • Friday, February 8
  • Friday, February 22

Music

*Audition awards may not be available to prospective students auditioning after February 17 or for those whose academic admission is not finalized by March 1.

Theatre

  • Friday, November 30
  • Friday, January 25
  • Friday, February 1
  • Friday, February 8
  • Friday, February 22

Click here for Theatre Audition Tips

Arts Administration

  • Friday, November 9
  • Friday, January 25
  • Friday, February 1
  • Friday, February 22

Steps of the Admission Process

1. Submit your Butler academic application to the Office of Admission. This application is for admission to the university as a whole, and all students—regardless of their choice of major—must complete it. Be sure to include all the additional documentation requested in the application process.

Tip: It is always a good idea to make a copy of your application materials for your records. Our online application form lets you print your application data at any time, and it’s free!

2. Complete the Jordan College of Fine Arts departmental application appropriate for your major. This major must match the major declared on your academic application. Be sure to include any additional documentation requested by the department you’re applying to. (See the application form and our tips for music, dance, theatre or media arts for more details.)
Part of the application asks you to specify your preferred dates for auditioning or interviewing. You should request a date as early as you are ready.

Note: You may submit the JCFA application before the Butler academic application, but your audition or interview can only be granted after your academic application is received (However, you do not have to be academically admitted at this time). Likewise, if any accompanying part f your departmental application is missing, your audition or interview won’t be scheduled until your JCFA application is complete.

3. Send your completed applications separately to the appropriate offices. Your academic application and your JCFA application go to two different offices. Submitting them together to the same office will delay your application materials and could result in an incomplete application file.

Note: If you apply late in the audition season, you may not get your preferred audition date, or any date. Auditions are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis, and fill quickly, so apply as early as possible.4. You’ll receive a confirmation letter from the JCFA admission office once all your application materials have been received. Your confirmation letter lists the date of your audition and other information to prepare you for your campus visit.

Tip: If you have submitted a JCFA application but do not receive a confirmation letter within three weeks, contact the JCFA Admission Office at (800) 368-6852 ext. 9656 or (317) 940-9656.

5. On the day of your audition or interview, you’ll tour the JCFA facilities and campus, meet with the department chair and some faculty, complete placement exams as necessary and have a financial aid session.