<p>Im out too. The spirit just isnt fun anymore. I have a rising senior son who is not going into anything related to theatre so this is as good a time as any to go. Science majors. Well I dont know anything about that either so back to the drawing board.</p>
<p>I was helped enormously by many posters in this and the MT forum several of whom have become lovely pen pals outside of the forum and a couple of whom are not yet done with their college application process. They know where to find me.</p>
<p>I started reading CC in the winter of my daughters junior year in high school. If you read enough, it certainly is an excellent primer on what the school selection and application process looks and feels like for thespians. Along the path, you develop your own sense of whose contributions you respect and whose might be taken with a grain of salt. There are gems in here which truly helped us to narrow the field of where she would apply as a well as help us to anticipate what a college audition would look like. Thank you for that. She ended up with wonderful options and chose to attend Tisch.</p>
<p>After almost a year of experience at Tisch, I am convinced at the strength of the program and that she is getting the kind of instruction that she was starving for there. I know that Ive referred to her often in my posts because I cant speak in the first person. Im not an actor and god knows, neither her father. Ive not once been in a play and the thought of it makes me a little bit dizzy. My husband has, but hed be the first one to tell you hes terrible. I love him, but Id be the second. We got sucked into this whole thing because we ended up with a daughter whose passion forced her father and me to get on board. Shes an excellent student and could have done anything she wanted to which as it turns out is exactly what has happened. Ive endeavored never to brag about her here in CC. If Ive slipped up from time to time I apologize but I think my record is mostly clean on that. But Ill go out with a bang now. She is that good. She could have gone to any of these schools you find easier to respect and absolutely would have belonged there.</p>
<p>Ive never criticized any other school here. Id be horrified to do so publically and Ive been terribly mad at myself if Ive occasionally worded something poorly that suggested that was what I was doing. It doesnt mean I dont sometimes think things about other programs that people might find hard to read, but I dont write it. I have not always seen the same courtesy extended to my daughters school in reverse and yes, it does sting. Maybe thats my own ego and I should just let it go. Sometimes some of you make it very hard though.</p>
<p>My daughter chose to attend Tisch and is squeezing the life out of the experience one year in. It has been a thrill to hear about her experiences there and she has the utmost respect for the amazing instructors she has had the pleasure of learning from. She is working hard not to suck and will keep at it until she doesnt. I suspect it will take a lifetime. No matter where we send our kids to school, I think that dedication is an outcome we can be proud of. </p>
<p>The very best wishes to all of you. This theatre stuff is terribly hard.</p>
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