If you're a drama major, did you do summer programs?

ActingDad
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:46:43 +0000

I don’t know what’sgood0, this seems like going too far the other way to me. On the one hand, there is nothing wrong with going to a summer program at a school you don’t think you’ll want to go to. However, I don’t see any reason someone should explicitly try to avoid going to a summer program at the school they really want to go so as to avoid heartache or for fear that they will somehow be too stressed.

As Marbleheader pointed out, going to Busti was a big help to get into BU for example. And I don’t think my daughter felt any extra pressure to impress faculty just because she wanted to get into CMU. She would naturally want to do her best work regardless of where she went.

Yeah, when it finally appeared to be confirmed that all the calls were made and she did not get one, she had to go through the emotional disappointment. But no one should run away from anything for fear of emotional disappointment. She did everything possible to try to get into the school she felt was both her dream school and a good fit for her. There is no shame in reaching for what you want even if you fall short.

As I said to her tonight, I don’t have any doubt that all the effort she put in to try to get into CMU paved the way for her to get into UNCSA a school that may turn out to be an even better fit for her. She’s just got to get to know it in the same way she knows CMU.