<p>I am adding my voice to no auditioned school should be considered a safety. And in quite a few programs, the liberal arts side of a school is quite different from the BFA/BA program and needs to be looked on as such. If your child is interested in a BFA program, their classes in the rest of the school will be quite limited. In addition, you get out of a program what you put into one, and many have had a wonderful BFA experience from MMC and Pace as well as other schools who have weaker liberal arts programs than they do BFA programs. </p>
<p>Elon is very competitive, it should never be considered a safety. Much of their class is pulled from their EA/ED applicants. This goes for theatre as well.</p>