<p>Here’s a quick way to look at your view of admissions: If you had a friend who was applying to Ivies, and they said, “Man, I got rejected from 2 of the 4 I applied to. I’m sure now that I’ll get rejected from the other two. Surely I should get into more than half of the Ivies on my list,” what would you say? </p>
<p>Auditioned theatre programs have VERY LOW acceptance rates. Check out the thread here that says how many are in each freshman class vs. how many audition. The tippy-top schools accept fewer than 10%. The less selective ones still barely accept 20%. If you reverse those numbers, it doesn’t make sense that someone has failed if they get into only 1/4 of their auditioned schools. Applying to more doesn’t actually increase your chances, but it does make it more likely that you’ll either click with the auditors/program, or have a really “on” audition.</p>
<p>Maybe this would help your parents understand that auditioned admissions are not really all about talent.</p>