<p>I think it depends on the individual as to whether this is good or bad. For my D, it was a very busy senior year especially around audition time, plus she was President of her school’s top performing show choir (top 5 in the country, shameless plug). And she took several AP and college credit courses. Plus she found time to still have the fun you should have as a senior in high school (football games, etc, etc). This latter point was most important to me; I did not want her to be like some here and spend her entire senior year away going to twenty auditions, doing nothing but prepare for auditions, etc. She thrived in a busy environment and learned effective time management skills that will serve her well in college. And she is so ready for college to start; I think she’d go crazy if she had to wait a year to begin. The only sacrifice she had to make was missing the winter theater performance in February, but otherwise she was in all the other performances throughout the year.</p>
<p>Was it a hectic year? Yep; from the end of January through the end of March she had either an audition, show choir competition, or scholarship interview each weekend, so we traveled a lot. But it also gave her and her mother and I opportunities for bonding and talking during such trips, and those times I found to be very special. </p>
<p>So if your D wants to wait I think that would be fine, let her earn some $$, etc. But I also think if she is bright and willing to work hard she can manage the entire audition process, still do well in school, and still make the kinds of memories she should make as a high school senior. No real right or wrong answer either way.</p>