hello, i will be senior in high school i've started looking for colleges to apply to. i would like to major in musical theatre but the thing about that is, i have no real MT training. a lot of students who go for musical theatre programs have done a lot of acting and have a lot of experience and roles under their belt BEFORE college. i unfortunately did not get into musical theatre until my sophomore year in high school when i joined my vocal music department. long story short, my family just does not have the money to send me to "summer intensives" or workshops. my grandmother who is also my legal guardian, fell ill when i started middle school. so the only EC stuff i did was in school. turns out i absolutely love and adore this craft and can't imagine doing anything else. the problem is, i want to go to school for the MT training, i want to learn to act and sing the right way and train HARD. i know the MT programs are among the hardest to get into, some of the greats ones like CCM and BW are in my state, which would be much more affordable if i could get into them. but they are very selective, and i only have 3 years of experience while other auditionees have been doing this their whole lives. so i've written this today to ask, is there any advice anyone can give me on this? to help with auditions or maybe even just writing my essays? I'm really interested in going to NYU, Columbia College Chicago, Marymount Manhattan College or Baldwin Wallace. Any of these schools i would be happy to be waitlisted on. could any of you guys give me a little insight on the audition process or any other schools i should look into? If it works out the way i want to, i'll end up in either chicago or new york to start doing community and regional theatre. ALSO, i would not be able to audition for the OOS schools on my list because i cant afford to, so if you list any schools not in ohio, could you please find out if they have digital submission or not? Thank you!
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