My D turned down Amherst after doing an overnight with a theater major and learning that although yes the 5 college environment allows for awesome opportunities in terms of productions, but that it also means you are competing against a lot more kids for actual attention and opportunities. So this means if there is a production you want to audition for you are usually up against not 10 or 20 other interested students, but it can be 100 or more for the more interesting musical productions. So if you are not truly talented it can be difficult to score a role. Moreover, if you are a writer or interested director, the programs are cliquish so again unless you are amazing its unlikely you will get your magnum opus produced at UMass, and at Amherst because its smaller you are really limited to your senior year in terms of getting produced or actually directing. She is at Wesleyan instead and loving it.
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