This sure has got off the topic of the OP! LOL, that happens… but Hello @toowonderful I think I may know part of the answer to your #48 post. I have a friend who worked with them when they were all together (before MTCA was formed) and that was about 2005. Mary Anna Dennard already had college audition coach her sight says since 2000 and Ellen Lettrich and Mark Christine were her song coaches at the time and my friends kids worked with them in the beginning before they started MTCA. Mary Anna did the monologues and ran the college audition coach business. Then they branched off some time after 2005. Ellen’s MTCA business has really grown and she coaches the most amount of students. Maybe that means she has made the biggest impact on the scene and cottage industry. But Mark Christine now is a coaching associate for Dennard. I am almost positive those 3 were the very first college audition coaches. There seem to be so many now all over the country. And they use Skype regularly. I reached out a while back about scholarships and some do offer help for those in need. But it seems like the need for help with the complicated process has grown, a result of the colleges requirements, thus more perceived need for coaches. I do think he whole thing has fed the competitiveness. SO many more applicants!