<p>If you get admitted to a program, you can be sure that that program wants you and is going to be “friendly” to you.</p>
<p>But don’t expect any program to give you some sort of break that they don’t give other students. If you are applying for auditioned programs, your audition will be competing with all of the other auditions on equal terms.</p>
<p>Many programs prefer beginners because they will say that beginners haven’t picked up any “bad habits”.</p>
<p>And many programs are looking for a diversity, including diversity of age. They need someone to play the parents of the young characters. A good friend of mine started acting late in life, and he has played Lord Capulet (Juliet’s father, and a great role) at least twice now.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>