Advice/Opinions on Specific Coaches

soozievt
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:09:17 +0000

@cgn626 asked about MTCA:

but is there someone who supervises the individual application process for you and helps you with your overall package as a whole.

You received great replies as to all the coordination that MTCA does and other audition coaches likely do as well. However, such coaching services are primarily focused on the artistic aspect of the college admission process. Some applicants also work with a college counselor, even though they are also working with artistic coaches like the fine people at MTCA. For example, I am an independent college counselor, and my students who are seeking MT and Theater/Acting degree programs still work with artistic coaches like MTCA on their audition prep. They are working with me on their entire college selection and admissions process that includes many pieces beyond the audition/artistic aspect of the college process. Both aspects are involved in the overall admissions process, and the services complement one another and offer help with different areas of expertise and different pieces of the overall college process and package. I’m not saying you HAVE to have both types of services, but many people do have a college counselor AND artistic coaches, and I see this in my own work.