I agree that KaMaMom is an inspiration! I was biting my nails last year reading her threads and praying for a happy ending! She is amazing!
We live in Brooklyn, and my daughter’s safety/Plan B will probably be Brooklyn College. It’s a CUNY (City University of New York) school, which means that NYC residents get SUPER-cheap tuition (only $6,500 a year!). It has a well-regarded BFA Acting program, but it draws applicants primarily from NYC, so not as competitive as national programs. So if she doesn’t get into her other choices, she figures she’d probably get into that one. And absolute WORST case scenario, if she doesn’t get into ANY Acting or MT programs including the one at Brooklyn College, then she’ll just go to Brooklyn College and major in something else, just to get a college degree at a dirt-cheap price, and put the savings toward lots of training AFTER college.