SETC, the International Thespian Conference in Nebraska, and various regional Thespian events are awesome because the college reps in attendance are mostly theatre faculty and department heads, not recruiting reps like you meet at typical fine arts college fairs. Students can sit down at their tables, ask in-depth questions about the curriculum, and get informed answers. D went to Nebraska and our regional auditions with a set of questions pertinent to her interests (What is the acting sequence for MT majors? What is the approach to acting technique/development? What is the approach to teaching voice? Who are the voice teachers? Is there cross-over in performance opportunities and training between Acting and MT? etc.) and loved the resulting discussions with various programs. She added and dropped several schools from her list based on table discussions and callbacks at these events. D found that these discussions were much more helpful than some of her college visits. She also found some “hidden gems” and discovered that focusing mostly on well-known and very popular programs was not the best plan for her.