<p>We’re in the middle of a five-day audition trip and here’s one thing I am wondering: what does it mean, or is it just chatter to fill the time, when an auditor asks what other schools you are applying to? My daughter has been asked a couple of times and, of course, she answered truthfully-- 7 BFA programs and a lot (7) of liberal arts programs with theater majors. The truth is that I’m the one who talked her into doing most of the LACs, just to ensure that she would have a few choices to make in April.</p>
<p>I hope that her answer did not indicate that she wasn’t serious about the programs she was being interviewed for. At one program, and it’s her most-dearly-desired school, the auditor said something like, “Good, well you will have a lot of choices in April.” Which could be something you would say to someone to soften the let-down…</p>
<p>I know that if I were reading this post I’d say, “Don’t read too much into anything an auditor says to you.” But i wonder what the best answer to that question is. Do you mention an number that includes a lot of LAC safety-schools when the auditioned BFA program is by far your top choice?</p>