Hi everyone! :)
As the school year is about to start for my D, we are already starting to plan for next summer. My D is going into her freshman year at a PA school (she's been there since 7th grade), and this summer she went to a MT high school intensive at a university and had an absolutely incredible experience.
There aren't a ton of college-based programs open to rising sophomores, so we are exploring the possibility of her attending a session at Stagedoor. She first begged me to attend when she was about nine years old, but I thought she was too young back then, and since the time I've felt she was old enough we've always applied too late and all sessions were already full.
This year I finally have my act together early enough and registered her, but I am getting cold feet about sending them that $1000 deposit check before we even know she's in. For those of you who have a child who has attended both Stagedoor and a pre-college type program, what are your thoughts on their relative merits? We don't know anyone in real life who's actually attended Stagedoor, and frankly in our area there are few kids who attend summer programs at all -- even rising seniors.
My D gets very bored over the summer, so we are strongly considering having her do both Stagedoor and a pre-college program, should she be fortunate enough to be accepted to one (or she might attend two pre-college programs). She is also considering auditioning for the 6-week Interlochen program, but is concerned about committing to 6 weeks somewhere that she's never been before. As a parent, I love the idea of pre-college programs because they give the students a chance to check out a school and see if it's somewhere they actually might want to attend, so we would likely only send her to ones that have the actual university faculty teach the classes (this was the case with the program she attended this summer).
What do you all think? I searched and didn't find much recent discussion of Stagedoor, though I did find an excellent thread from around 2005 or 2006. Any thoughts or insights would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance! :)
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