<p>Also, ultimately we want our kids to have sustainable employment sometime after they graduate which in the industry is like a roll of the dice. Just as many big stars come from prestigious colleges as relatively unknown ones. Mostly, I want my kid to have a challenging, happy college experience that gives him some skills to get a (any) job.</p>
<p>As a total aside, this is a link I use when people give me grief about letting my kid study theater in college instead of pre-med :)</p>
<p>[What</a> Theatre Majors Learn. What can you “do” with a theatre major? Plenty!!](<a href=“http://lecatr.people.wm.edu/majorslearn.html]What”>http://lecatr.people.wm.edu/majorslearn.html)</p>