First, thanks to all who have posted in this forum. I have learned a lot from you. As seems to be the case with many here, this process has taken over our lives for the past year, and now it has come down to the wire, and my D is struggling to make a final decision. I just want her to be happy and challenged in a good way, and get the training and support she needs. Last summer, she did the pre college program at UArts and loved it - she learned a lot and met wonderful people, and was accepted to the MT program without having to audition. Meanwhile, she applied to 10 other schools, and was admitted to Emerson (BFA Theater and Performance), Point Park MT, Otterbein BFA acting, the New School, Pace (BA acting International Performance Ensemble), and was waitlisted at NYU Tisch. She opted not to audition at Marymount and SUNY New Paltz. She really liked Emerson, but sadly it is out financially, as is Point Park and New School (although Point Park is reconsidering their offer, I doubt it will change enough). Otterbein is not a good fit for her because of the location and less diversity among the students.
At this point, she changes her mind every day, or even every hour, between UArts and Pace, and other days she says she doesn't like either of them. We have heard a lot of positive things about UArts (thanks @myloves ), and I would be pleased to have her close to home (we live in the Phila area). On the other hand, she has been hearing some negative buzz from people at a Phila theater where she is currently doing an internship as part of her senior year of high school, and is saying it has a bad reputation.
We had a very good impression of Pace, and she likes the idea of living in NYC (and so far, they have given us the best financial aid package!) My concern there is that the BA acting program is more narrow, and she won't have the opportunity to take voice and dance, and we might have to pay for private voice lessons.
We are attending an accepted student's program at Pace this weekend, and she is doing an overnight there for the Performing arts students, and then she has arranged to visit classes at UArts on Monday. I hope that these visits will make her choice clear.
I welcome any advice or input! Thanks.
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