| I think I replied to your daughter today on another forum (not CC) because the circumstances sound very much the same as the girl's post :-), so ask her about that and I'm not going to repeat what I told her here.
But about the deposit issue....(let me add that my kid went to Stagedoor for 8 years, 16 sessions)....but my niece went to SDM for the first time last summer and loved it. She has a deposit down for this summer as well. However, she is applying to CMU for Acting and they have a similar dilemma on the deposit at SDM because CMU informs applicants on the late side (for a summer program) and that is too late to sign up for a program like SDM. I don't know just what to suggest but I'd keep the deposit in. My hope for you (and them) would be that if your children get into CMU and choose to attend, that perhaps SDM might refund the deposit because they ALWAYS have a waiting list of kids who want to go and it fills up early in the year. You could inquire about what would happen past the refund date if you had to back out and if they could replace your child with someone on the waiting list.
If your D wants to do MT, at SDM she has the option of picking and choosing her own program as far as training (8 classes) and as far as being in either a Drama or a Musical production. However, the two programs are different in many respects (which I outlined to the girl on the other forum who likely is your D) and it comes down to which program suits her interests, desires, needs, etc. better.
Susan |