<p>MomofaPrincess, that’s an interesting question and I will be interested in hearing what kinds of responses you get. But let’s look at the flip side:
What about kids who have been dancing since they were four and who came into SU’s program as really accomplished dancers, but are not as accomplished in, say, voice and/or acting? I think it is reasonable to assume that most kids who are admitted to Syracuse have some kind of weakness: very few kids are true triple-threats at the age of 17 or 18! That means that each and every student who enters Syracuse will likely have an area of weakness, which they have the chance to remedy/build up during the first two years of intense training. In essence, that means everyone begins on relatively equal footing and has the chance to make the most of the program before the evals. I would surmise that the adjudicators at Syracuse believe that every kid they admit out of the hundreds who audition have the ability to improve their area of weakness and move on to the BFA track in time. Of course, that’s not always the reality. But it IS Syracuse’s system, and anyone who enrolls in that program needs to understand the possibility that he or she may not be allowed to continue on the BFA track.</p>