Does applying ED have any impact on musical theater admissions? I assume no since auditions are part of the process but wanted to see if anyone thought it might help.
There are schools that allow an ED process for MT (Ithaca and NYU are two) but not many do. There are also some that have an early audition date (BW) and you can be accepted, declines or deferred. Do you have specific schools in mind?
She is looking at the SUNY schools: Fredonia, Purchase, Cortland, Buffalo…
I don’t have any idea about those. I know purchase has an incredible bfa acting program, (and I don’t think they do ED). Maybe someone else has 1st hand experience
Unless something has changed, SUNY allows ED to one campus only. As far as I know, Purchase, although well-known for their excellent acting major, does not have an MT program.
As for what ‘impact’ ED has, check with the school to see what percentage of the class they admit through the ED process.