@NYYFanNowMTdad It is quite certain that Molloy/CAP21 has gained more popularity, however, Rebecca told me when we were in the decision process that they had auditioned over 1,000 for the class of 2022 as well. I would guess that they had more applications this year than they did 2 years ago, but her “auditioned” statement likely included walk-ins. Even so, they accepted 80 kids out of 1000+ auditions to net their class of 35 for the class of 2022. I suspect the yield is higher today so probably not quite as many acceptances. In any case, I wouldn’t necessarily call that a regional audition pool. The one regional BFA DS auditioned for had about 100-125 auditioners - for their class of 20-30 kids. That was the size pool I was thinking of when saying regional.
@squirk Incidentally, CAP21 is the studio training portion of the Molloy/CAP21 BFA. CAP21 did the training for NYU until 2012 or 2013. Might be worth a look for your D. I think you’d find that all the cappie parents on CC have fantastic things to say about the school and program. It’s a little different scenario because campus is on Long Island, but training is in Manhattan. If your D isn’t sure about being in Manhattan 100% of the time, it might be an interesting alternative.