<p>I agree with all of the suggestions that folks have made.</p>
<p>If your daughter is aiming for highly competitive programs, you will need to get an audition coach. This can pretty much be anybody who can tell the difference between a good audition and a poor audition, it doesn’t necessarily need to be some sort of “professional” audition coach. Some folks here seem to be coached by faculty at their high schools.</p>
<p>If she really has a lot of extracurriculars that take up a lot of time, she might want to think about cutting back some of those that are not connected to theatre.</p>
<p>Some folks who really are determined to get into one of their top choice schools take a year off after high school to focus on preparing for their audition. Or at least they audition their senior year just to see, then take a year off if they don’t get in where they want.</p>
<p>Your daughter of course will need to come up with the plan that works for her, I’m just giving you some things to think about.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>