In addition to the general graduate application requirements, here are a few more items you'll need to know to complete your Mills admission application.
Note: If you’re an international student who is interested in applying to Mills, please visit our application requirements for international graduate students page first.
All dance students who apply to Mills are required to audition. We strongly encourage you to audition in person on the Mills campus. In-person auditions include an intermediate/advanced modern technique class, an information session, and an interview with Mills dance faculty. You’re invited to stay an additional day to tour campus, meet Mills students, sit in on classes, and experience the San Francisco Bay Area. Contact the Dance Department at 510.430.2175 or dance@mills.edu to learn about upcoming audition dates and to reserve your spot.
If you can’t make it to campus for a live audition, you'll need to prepare a digital video that clearly demonstrates your technical skill. Please focus on material covered in a modern technique class, including postural alignment, traveling steps, jumping, and floor work. The excerpt may be presented as a class setting or a performance setting. Upload your audition video in the portfolio section of the Mills graduate application. Please clearly label the file as an audition video, include a brief written description of who you are in the video, and make sure that you’re clearly visible and easily identifiable.
As the final step in submitting your application materials, all dance students must upload a standard resume or curriculum vitae that includes the following information (as applicable):
After submitting your online application, log in to your Check Your Application Status page and use the upload materials option to add your resume/CV to your application materials.
As part of the admission application, you must upload a digital recording of up to two original choreographed works to the portfolio section of the Mills graduate application. The video should be unedited and run between 10 and 20 minutes. You may include a brief written synopsis of the work(s) to accompany your video.
In lieu of a dance portfolio, please submit a written composition on a topic related to dance studies. Upload your writing sample in the portfolio section of the Mills graduate application.
If you have any questions about your program, please reach out to us at 510.430.3309 or grad-admission@mills.edu to connect with your admission counselor.
Mills College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, marital status, age, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, or disability in our admission policies, in our scholarship and loan programs, or in the educational programs, cocurricular activities, and residential facilities which we operate. Students of all genders are eligible for admission to our graduate programs. Self-identified women and people assigned female sex at birth who do not identify with the gender binary are eligible for admission to our undergraduate programs.