<p>Re: ruling out walk-ins. I wouldn’t. if you have time and they don’t cost anything (or not much), they can be really valuable as practice. You can get additional feedback on your monologues that may be useful. And, in past years, really a lot of people have ended up falling for and eventually attending schools where they walked in. Everyone is different, obviously, and i’m not telling you or your kids what to do, but these things can be great for confidence. If you get an offer from a walk-in, that’s one more safety in a pursuit that doesn’t offer many sure things. My S got one acceptance with a lot of money as a result of a walk-in and it made the difference between having a choice and not. (He ended up choosing another school.)</p>