<p>I’m working on building up a list as well! I live in North Carolina, so NCSA’s on my list as well as Elon, which is extremely competitive for being in the middle of nowhere. I saw “Crimes of the Heart” at Elon last year and was simply blown away by the quality of their actors.
In regards to schools with higher acceptance rates that still offer well-known, and very competitive BFAs in the NYC area, I’m auditioning for Marymount Manhattan College and Pace University.
I’ve noticed that most people initially look towards the ultra-competitve conservatories with the mindset that the only way to succeed in the business is to attend one. What I’ve learned this year from conducting my own research, surfing CC, and watching my friends go through the process, is that your college experience ultimately is determined by your own attitude. Successful actors have risen from all sorts of levels of training- try and use your resources to find schools that fit your daughter’s needs without regard to their prestige. If a program is dedicated to producing well-prepared and trained actors, they’ll eventually earn their deserved prestige.
So try and be open-minded, auditions for the top programs are extremely subjective! Your daughter’s obviously very passionate and talented, so I’m sure that wherever she ends up, she’ll grow tremendously and make the best of her opportunities. I wish you both the best of luck and I can’t wait to hear how things go!! This process is so daunting!</p>