<p>soozievt, do know of any students who were accepted by American academically but rejected from the MT program? While I would normally defer to your experience and knowledge, my D, who was accepted into American’s MT program last year (and just switched out of the program to a different major) reports that it’s generally understood by students in the program that the audition is a formality and that anyone who qualifies academically and auditions for MT will be accepted as an MT major. Since the school purports to have a serious audition process, I guess it can’t be called a safety, but I think it’s safe to say it is “safety-ish” for anyone who isn’t completely untalented.</p>