<p>A gap year isn’t really an option for me, personally I just cannot see myself not attending college out of high school. Money would be a problem only with the outside classes, but with college itself I am sure I will receive aid, for academics and some need-based. And I am not totally put-off by getting a BA instead, if I’m not accepted into the BFA schools. I do not mind going on to graduate school later on, which many people with BFAs do as well. I think I’ll be able to balance the extracurriculars with the play as well as with any other theatre experience I can get from my school.
It’s just that I would really like to receive the conservatory/intensive acting training of the BFA as opposed to the mainly theory-based/some practice of theatre studies of the BA (Although some offer great performance tracks).
My major worry was that if they liked my audition and my academics were up to par with the school that my resume would force them to turn me away.</p>