<p>I remember what Rich Rose at UCLA explained to us at my D’s acting audition. Something like: All kids are wired differently. There are those kids that are smart, enjoy academic endeavors and also love to act and want to do, and can handle doing, both. And there are those kids (he used his son as an example), that are smart/intelligent (sometimes brilliantly so) and do the homework assignment and then forget to turn the work in because it’s sitting in their backpack under a peanut butter sandwich. The latter type of kid is more likely to thrive in a BFA program. (In fact, his son is not attending UCLA but rather a BFA program elsewhere and is thriving).
I’m sure I totally butchered the story/explanation but when he told it I laughed aloud (no one else was laughing) and then covered my mouth in embarrassment. He turned to me in the crowd and said “I guess I’ve just described your daughter, right?” But the story has stuck with me. </p>