@laylamom - there are schools where you can audition for both Acting and MT if you want to try your hand at both. OCU is one of them. Carnegie Mellon also considers you for both. NYU sort of does that by placing you in a studio which may or may not be MT (although you can apply MT only if you wish) I know a number of other schools consider you for both majors as well so folks who are aware of other such schools may want to chime in. Also, important to note that just because you go the straight acting route doesn’t mean you give up MT dreams. Several recent OCU BFA Acting grads have had leads in national tours of musicals (Nice Work if You Can Get It and Ghost to name a couple). I know UNCSA grads with no official MT program who have done well in being cast in musicals after graduating. I think the important thing is to find a program where she will get the training she most desires. If that is straight acting, that’s great! Really study the curriculum and make sure you will have the courses you want. The letters or type of degree are not as important as the actual training itself.