<p>Thank you again for the kind words. I spoke to my D and told her that I will support her in this process and that I think the most important thing for her is to find the place where she will enjoy studying and then enjoy working. It may have sounded a little fake but she wanted to believe my words. I myself never do what I’d enjoy but rather always what I believe is a right thing to do. So, I am not a good example for my kid. </p>
<p>She told me more about the process-- said the school teachers will help her with monologues, both classical and contemporary, she just needs to make an input by reading plays and looking for the right ones. So, I’ll do the books shopping and will remind her to spend more time on reading (she is not a great reader which is really bad!). She said she will work on monologues by herself, she will also research schools by herself. So, this is off my worry-list. She would prefer to go to auditions without me too but we will see how it goes. I only need to discipline her and make her to study for SAT and to write some essays over the summer. She asked me if I could find her a coach who would give her extra help with monologues and also will help her with resume/DVD/headshots. I’ve researched CC already and will contact the coaches who are recommended here. So, it all came to a compromise-- some help but without any control :)</p>
<p>KEVP-- yes, my daughter is back to home for the summer. She certainly hopes to get more experience during the senior year but so do all of her classmates! She wants to go to US college because she wants to live here and she wants all the US university experience. She told me she’d love to spend some time in London or Paris or Moscow, maybe to have summer semester there, but we will look at finances later, once she gets into a University. She is fluent in French and Russian but her native language is English (unlike mine, lol), and she really wants American education. She wants a gap year (sorry, I keep calling it leap year which sounds funny) if she does not get into a BFA program or BA at NYU/UCLA, but I am against of it. I believe it is very hard to get back on college track if you did not do that right after you are out of high school. I know many people are able to do that, I just think it’s not good for my D. I’d rather her go to a LAC and then try to transfer a year later. For now she agrees with me, maybe because she hopes she will get into a BFA program!</p>
<p>Thank you all very much for your input. I was so happy for a foreign girl who got into CalArts all by herself! I hope my D will be like her. Too bad she refuses to read CC, says it’s mostly for parents.</p>