I had no idea what this process was like—I went to college many years ago and found the right one in a heartbeat. So my D18 wants to be an actor, has great singing skills and academic abilities, interest in sciences and writing, great GPA and recommendations, crummy test scores. I wanted to steer her towards a LAC with a great theater department. She only cared about applying to a conservatory in NYC. She was accepted through audition, but the fin aid is nonexistent and not possible for us. She did the minimum on her LAC applications and got turned down by Wesleyan, waitlisted at Sarah Lawrence and Skidmore, and accepted at Bard and her super safe safety, Mass College of Liberal Arts. Also turned down by two women’s colleges I should never have recommended for her. She got an excellent fin aid package at Bard, but our recent visit for accepted students day went completely sideways. The person representing the theater program (someone from the very academic, “dramaturge “ side) basically said it wasn’t a program to train as an actor (that’s how my D heard it) and that was that.
I will set up a visit at MCLA but it surely can’t be better than Bard can it? Should we scratch this year and start all over? I screwed up. I have encouraged to think about Bard, maybe give it a year. Please help!
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