<p>Thanks thecheckbook & austinmtmom :)</p>
<p>ASU is not an option. It’s less desirable academically, it’s too close to home (familiar surroundings & too many high school classmates) and their theater program is not great (we hear this first hand from other previous classmates who are currently in the theater program there). They are much better for music. I have lived here in Phx for 30 years, so I know each school’s rep fairly well.</p>
<p>I would love for her to spend a summer in NYC at Circle in the Square, but they don’t have housing and I have no idea where she would stay (she is NOT ready to be in a big city like that alone). Cost is a factor for both that program and study abroad. She is not a singer, but would like to explore some training to see what her vocal capabilities might be.</p>
<p>Although the thought of a cut program is daunting, it’s not really that issue that gives her pause…it is what friends of hers who were in the program have told her about the program that made her not want to go there. However, tonight was her final performance in her spring play, and I talked with both of her Theater teachers at length about the program (one is a U of A Theater grad & still has connections). They both felt she would be successful in the BFA program at U of A and they did not see her being cut. One teacher explained in length about why they make the choices they do. So, we’ll have some long discussions about it this weekend.</p>