<p>I’m guessing that your daughter is now on summer vacation from her US boarding school, is that right? I think she (and you) really need to be working with her teachers in America. They will be able to either help her with her auditions for college, or else put her in touch with other resources that can help her. That’s part of what these schools do. She will have an easier time finding plays when she is back in the U.S. (but she seems to have learned the hard way one reason not to work from those “monologue books”)</p>
<p>Even if she hasn’t had many roles, she has been taking acting and other performance arts classes, right? That still gives here a big advantage over most American high school graduates. And she will keep taking these classes and working on school shows during her senior year.</p>
<p>One question I have, since you seem to be an international family, is why your daughter is limiting herself to American colleges. Are their programs in your country worth looking into? Another nearby country? Some other country?</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you are so afraid of a Gap year, those are becoming more and more common. Yes, she will need to find a job to support herself during that year, but many young people do that all the time. College isn’t going anywhere, you can always go to college later, there is no reason that anyone has to go to college right now. My own life is certainly an illustration of that fact.</p>
<p>And in fact many succesful actors do not have any college degree at all. Many get training and experience in other ways. She may want to explore these as well, especially if she is taking a gap year.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>