<p>For the record, my D was waitlisted at Northwestern, and I imagine that as nice as Wash U is, she would have picked NU over it, simply because of the theater program. (she didn’t stay on the waltlist, because of her Tisch acceptance.) (we also never visited NU, although we had hoped to; I’m sure she would have been happy there even though we never saw it…)</p>
<p>Anyway, as a parent watching all this unfold, my big fear, to be perfectly honest, was that my D was going to end up picking theater as the first criteria and the academics / caliber of the student body second. It was a big relief to me that this didn’t become an issue for us!! I totally supported my D in her quest to go for her theater dream and am just lucky that it worked out the way it did…At Tisch, particularly in her studio, even though there is not as much opportunity to take as great a variety of other courses and pursue different interests (due as much to time constraints and only two days to pursue academics), there is a strong intellectual and creative component to the work, even in the studio, so again, as a parent, I feel like she is really in the right place.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, in her first day at studio at Tisch, they asked how many kids’ parents supported their decision to be actors, and my D was one of the FEW that raised her hand. Nice to have this forum where the parents are so supportive of the arts!!</p>