<p>meg, I also think that people tend to overstate the importance of what is on a kid’s resume going into college auditions. The most important elements are your audition and your transcript (grades and scores), though how each of these are weighed depends on the school and program. (For instance, for Carnegie Mellon, the audition is really the be-all and end-all. For NYU/Tisch, the audition counts for about 50% and your grades and so forth count for 50%. At Juilliard, it is ALL about the audition.)</p>
<p>If you read through the many threads of discussion on this forum, you will read about kids who have had quite limited experience onstage and even trainingwise who get into great programs and the reverse, as well: kids who have had a lot of experience (sometimes, even professional experience) who do not get into top programs.</p>