Thanks Tiff. I do not think I could get in though.
Frankly, given the odds for her program, she is shocked herself that she was successful in her admissions process at these schools particularly right out of college as the majority who will be her classmates in the program are not right out of college. As you are well aware with your own D, sometimes the odds work in their favor (with luck thrown in) and it is an amazing result.
By the way, while I will admit she is a smart cookie, getting into arch grad school is most heavily weighed on the portfolio (like BFA auditions!!) and it was hard to know how competitive she may have been in that regard. It was all so chancy. I'm glad it is over.
By the way, this particular daughter was heavily involved in many areas of the performing arts her entire life. She used to do MT too. In fact, when she was in a professional MT production at age 6, we had to cart our four year old to every rehearsal given the distance and we had to stay through the entire rehearsals. My four year old had been really into MT in preschool and the director of the professional show, after our sitting at all those rehearsals, let my four year old into the cast (this show had adult professional actors in it, including Equity). So, actually my MT child's first musical she was in was at age 4 because her sister was in it. They went on to be in several musicals together (and many apart as well). In my MT daughter's yearbook, we put a photo of her in costume for that professional production at age 4 and then her headshot for BFA auditions.