<p>My son was startled that a very talented and academically able friend of his, who was accepted into the Acting BFA programs at both Rutgers and NYU, was not accepted into the BFA program at Boston University. These things happen…sounds like it happened to your son, unfortunately, Connections.</p>
<p>There are all sorts of programs out there that provide excellent training, for all sorts of kids. I’m sure ActingDad’s daughter will end up with some fine acceptances, even with SATs that are a little bit on the iffy side.</p>
<p>So many of our theatre kids are just not kids who can absolutely “do it all.” My son did NOT do some of the things that have been urged upon high school students in some of the posts on CC. He chose an easier academic load his senior year than some of his high school peers, bypassing a couple of AP classes that many of them took. He did have decent extracurriculars (school newspaper, etc); however, he never had very much that could be described as community service, because schoolwork and theatre, plus the ECs he did have, took up basically all of his time. And he still got into three auditioned BFA programs.</p>
<p>Our kids simply have to do the best they can, and hope for the best. It usually works out. I think having the passion, and being as well informed as possible, and doing the very best monologue prep possible, goes a long, long way.</p>