Audition for Swat theater program?

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"The anecdotal evidence that I can point to is that kids from my d’s high school with limited resumes and big-time talent have gotten into big-time programs while those with extensive experience, a lot of it in pay-to-play camps and such, but with less talent, did not get in. The college athletic coaches I know have a saying, “if camps and lessons could make you a great player, then Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA would be full of rich kids from the suburbs.”</p>

<p>“Not to say lessons and camps and shows aren’t worth doing, they are all great, just that building-up-a-long list-for-the-sake-of-building-a-long-list won’t necessarily help you get into highly competitive, talent-based programs, per se.”

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<p>This is exactly why I’m seeking an audition-based program. For them to determine whether I have “big-time talent” or not, they would need to see me perform. Otherwise, without seeing any sort of performance on my part, all they will have will be a skimpy resume and sometimes, such as in Swarthmore’s case, an additional arts supplement.

Swarthmore does “allow you to jump onto any program you want without a separate acceptance to it”

Really? I assumed that there was some sort of separate acceptance for some reason… I’m not quite sure why. Oops.</p>