<p>I had this discussion with my son at the time of his acceptances and again recently to see how his choices worked out. He is currently a junior at UMiami. At the time we went through the discussion about size, location, etc. All the concrete things that made sense to me, a science kind of person. At the time he felt that the most important thing was the quality of the acting teachers and methods, then the singing and individual voice teachers. He wasn’t too concerned with the number of productions or other mechanical type of things. He really felt a lot of positive chemistry with the teaching staff, and especially the acting teachers. Not that the other schools had anything negative, but this particular school felt really positive. I had a hard time understanding this at the time he made his decision. It is a personal and subjective decision. Now, almost three years later, he remains very happy with his decision. He has made tremendous gains in his personal abilities, as well as growing a good group of connections. I don’t know how helpful this is, but each student will have to make some decisions based on their subjective feelings about each program. As a parent it was difficult for me to accept what seemed like a leap of faith, but it worked out very well for my son.</p>