Advice for How Many and the Actual Programs

RosaRugosa
Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:08:58 +0000

Have you been accepted to Evansville by audition, or just academically? If they have already accepted you based on an audition, I would hold on to that acceptance. Many terrific young actors come out of this process with only one auditioned acceptance. And, as everyone else has suggested, I’d find at least one non-auditioned program where you are in the top 20% by grades and scores. (Northwestern and Cornell are both lottery schools even for those with wonderful grades.) If you’d be happy at Rutgers in the BA program, that could be your safety. The other option is to recognize that you’re taking a risk and start thinking about what you’d do during a gap year. You may well get into your very top school and I hope you do! But be sure you have something solid in the mix-- a gap year plan or safety (better yet, two safeties) that you’re comfortable with.