<p>I don’t entirely agree with amtc or wb4. </p>
<p>Muhlenberg is a safety school ONLY for students whose profile is on the higher end of the stats of admitted students to Muhlenberg. For some of my students, Muhlenberg is a safety. For others, it is a match, and for others it is a reach. Non-audition schools are not necessarily safety schools unless they are an academic safety for your own academic profile. So, the answer to it being a safety is relative to each student. For wb4, it sounds like an academic safety (because she says it is, though I can’t say for sure). </p>
<p>The optional audition there is for a talent scholarship. If you don’t do an audition, it can’t hurt you. An audition at that school can only HELP you. If the audition isn’t so hot, it can’t hurt you because it was optional in the first place and some are not even auditioning and so they can’t take against you. It’s purpose is the talent scholarship. </p>
<p>However, for all applicants to Muhlenberg, I would encourage auditioning there. First, you have nothing to lose and it can help you get a talent scholarship and simply demonstrate your talent beyond that which is on paper. Also, Muhlenberg is a small liberal arts school that really values applicants who demonstrate interest in the school. By visiting and having a campus interview, they get a sense that you are interested and didn’t just file a common application “just because”. And so if you are bothering to go to campus for the campus interview, it makes sense to also visit the theater department, meet with the head of it, and audition for him. That is what I recommend. Those whom I know who were admitted for theater, all did that.</p>