<p>This question of coaching has come up here before. The conclusion I think we reached was that “bad coaching” was worse than no coaching. But we found that students with “good coaching” could get in even to those schools that said they disapproved of coaching. I think that the schools who say they don’t like coaching have seen too much “bad coaching”, the sort of coaching that destroys a student’s natural talents. (And yes, one way they can tell if you have had “bad coaching” is by seeing if you can make an adjustment)</p>
<p>But this is a different question from the question of general training and experience. Anyone who is interested in acting should get as much training and experience as possible. Take lots of acting classes, and, most importantly, do lots of shows!! This is NOT the same thing as being coached on a specific monologue.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>