<p>I feel your pain but try not to fret. At this point, you can only control the final details of your preparation. The rest is out of your hands.</p>
<p>A friend of mine recently asked me to look over the prescreen video of her friend’s daughter. After seeing the video, I can honestly say the girl has potential, but clearly is untrained in comparison to many of the other girls she’ll be competing with. The vocals were rough and the song choice in one case not age appropriate and overdone. Both songs were awfully tough to sing for someone that hasn’t been trained and did not show her voice in the best light. The monologue was straight off of internet monologue website. I couldn’t help but think that the girl was putting herself at a disadvantage by virtue of her material choices, and sadly just didn’t know it.</p>
<p>Colleges must see a lot of this. I’d like to think there is still a place for someone who isn’t very good yet, but shows potential even if the material choices are all wrong. (Perhaps KatMT could comment?) But with limited seats at every school and many talented students (and an abundance of girls) wanting a spot, it can’t be easy. There isn’t time for this “gal with potential” to match the training of many of the other young women that she’ll be competing against, but what is still under her control is her material selection. Regretfully she doesn’t know what it is she doesn’t know and it may be too late for that as well. Hopefully preklbt since you’ve been reading this forum and asking good questions, you’ve got that part in the bag. All the best. I’m sure your daughter will shine!</p>