Thanks, @Calliene…but really, what would a kid doing these sorts of things give up? I mean the voice, acting and dance training are important if pursuing this field. One could argue that being in theater productions is not crucial, but if this is the kid’s area of passion and the experiences themselves are building blocks to pursuing this field, I can’t imagine giving up the shows either. In my D’s case, she was only a junior in high school and so she would want to be in the school musical. She was slated to be Ado Annie in Oklahoma. Her dance troupe was something she had done throughout HS and I just can’t see giving that up. Studying musical instruments are things she had done her whole life and so I’m glad she didn’t stop (and it turned out to be more than handy in her career). It was crazy, but then again, being in a BFA program was a very similar sort of schedule. Even now in my daughter’s professional life, it is a very busy life juggling many things (most people who are actors/singers don’t just do ONE thing). I don’t think doing this stuff was out of the ordinary for a high school kid going into a BFA degree program. And since my kid only went to HS for 3 years, doing these things were an important part of that experience, and time in her development since she graduated at age 16 and so she needed and wanted to do these things. She had given up sports in 8th grade. So, yeah, that had to go. What was pretty time consuming for us is that living in a rural area, my D had to spend a lot of time traveling to do all these things (except the things at school). But everybody is different and I think my kid thrives on being busy. She never seems to want to do nothing for like a few days. 