Based in Baltimore, Maryland. BSA are one of the top five public performing arts high schools in USA, and they combine a rigorous college prep program with pre-professional training in the arts. They offer programs in dance, film, music, stage design and production, theatre, and the visual arts.

Their students spend four hours a day in art classes, taught by working professionals, and four hours a day in academics.

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Their alumni can be seen on Broadway and television, in films, in major galleries, and in dance companies. Others can be found analyzing stocks on Wall Street, working in in well-respected hospitals, and running their own start-ups.