We are adding a new restriction to our Advanced Study Harold and Advanced Study Improv Classes in NYC.
Students are now only allowed to take 3 ASH/ASI classes over the course of 12 months. Therefore, if you have taken 3 or more ASH/ASI classes in the last 12 months you can not enroll in a new class.
This new rule is in effect now.
We are doing this to allow more opportunity for people who have gotten into few Adv. Study classes (or worse: never gotten into a class).
If you are someone who has taken a lot of classes and are worried about not getting into classes, keep in mind you only need to wait a few months. A few months of not taking classes and you will likely now be in a span of time when you have only taken 1 or 2 classes.
In the worst case scenario you might need to wait until Fall, but in most cases that we examined you would be able to take classes again this summer.
If you aren't sure how many classes you have taken in the last 12 months, sign up for a class. We'll let you know if you've taken 3 or more.
This does not restrict applying or enrolling in Adv Study Performance Classes (Like the Movie class or the recent Real Door Monoscene and Gator classes) and it doesn't restrict enrolling in most other application based classes (like the recent 4 week Nate Dern class or the upcoming Shannon O'Neil Class) - those classes are open to all students the teachers wish to consider, and they generally want to consider all the best students regardless of how many ASH/ASI classes you are in.
We only count ASH and ASI (multi-session classes) when calculating how many classes you've taken in the last 12 months.
In addition we are also working on a feature to let you know how many classes you've taken in the last 12 months and when you can next sign up.
We are looking into more ways to help ease the difficulty in enrolling into Adv. Study Classes. Even with this change our Adv Study classes will still have way more interested students then available slots. We're doing our best and we aren't blind to the problem. It'll likely never go away, but we do hope to make it better.
All of the above being said, we do stress that our Advanced Study classes are BEST served as supplements to your training. You should be in outside UCB practice groups or rehearsing indie teams. That should be the lion-share of your training at this point. We are so happy people want to take so many classes with us, it makes it so hard to meet demand! But it's only through classes and personal practice groups that people really are able to push themselves to the next level.
If there are any questions, ask here and I'll do my best to answer.
-Kevin Hines
Academic Supervisor of NY