When considering graduate schools, even fictional ones, it's important to assess a variety of characteristics to determine the best fit for your academic goals, career interests, and work-life balance. Here's a rundown of what you can expect within a range of prestigious fictional graduate programs [mild spoilers for those unfamiliar with source books or movies]. School : The ABA (American Ballet Academy), featured in the dance-and-eating-disorder-afterschool-special Center Stage (and its sequel and recent TV movie ); grad school for ballet dancers. Grad School Cred : Student dancers have a year to take classes and improve their skills, at which point they perform in a showcase audition, a 1-day job market that determines whether they'll be employed in a ballet company. Admission : Audition-based. Highly competitive. Free catering Conditions : Punishing. Hard on toes. Having "bad feet," not adhering to a strict diet, or demonstrating "bad at
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