How much debt is too much debt for MTs?

bbutcher
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:39:58 +0000

Something else to consider when deciding between your dream school and one that is more affordable, is will you be happy at your second choice school? My S had a VERY successful audition season two years ago and was accepted into some very selective schools. We were very naive about the process, but it all worked out and he had made his decision and we were all happy! Then mid April a very nice scholarship came through from another school and we pretty much convinced him to go where the money was (he would have graduated debt free!). We were sure he could make the best of anything and be happy as long as he was in an MT program and he knew some of the staff at the college making the offer. He wasn’t in the program very long to realize that it wasn’t a good fit for him. He stayed the year and was cast in two different shows, but his heart wasn’t there. Unfortunately, he didn’t make the decision not to go back until June which meant no MT program this past year ~ just another round of auditions as a transfer! He stayed home this year and attended community college (got lots of gen eds taken care of), did a couple mediocre community theater shows and school didn’t cost us much out of pocket because of State scholarship money that wasn’t able to be used out of State last year. He’s had successes this year auditioning and had his first acceptance by Thanksgiving so he knew he’d be going somewhere in the Fall…and as a bonus they have accepted credits from last years college plus all the gen eds he’s taken so far. I feel like I’m rambling. I’ve not posted much in the past, however, I think you need to know that it doesn’t always work out when you settle for what may be second best. We are hoping that since he has his gen eds mostly out of the way in addition to the theater credits already applied that his schedule will allow for a part time job to help out a little. We’ll see. Good luck with your decision!