<p>I was not accepted to any of the audition schools except for Point Park, which I'm waiting to get off the waitlist. I was accepted to Fairleigh Dickinson University (video audition) but something is telling me that I should take a gap year.
My singing is very weak compared to my acting and dancing and I felt that I was very behind in terms of vocal techniques than other students at the auditions. I was really amazed by the American kids at the auditions and I want to catch up to their level. By taking a gap year, I can fully concentrate on increasing my skills and re-audition again.
Personally I would like to go to a BFA school with more studio time than BA schools. </p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>MT curly,
It sounds like you have answered your own question! I’m sorry you did not get into any schools that you were excited about. However, you are in the situation that many students have been, and many have followed the gap year choice. If you really know that thre isnothing else you want to do other than MT, I would say yes, go with the gap year and use the time to increase your skills in all areas. You might also look at going with an audition coach that you can skype with from overseas. Some of them, like MTCA, can also provide you with remarkable voice training, both in legit and in mix/belt, and are so familiar with what schools are looking for in college auditions. They will also give you a realistic opinion of your talents, chances and how far you could get in a year of training. I don’t get anything from recommending them, just had my daughter use them and am so glad I did! I know it sounds hard to think you could do it over skype, but it works amazinglyl! The MT college audition world is so very competitive right now, and it is starting to be "de rigeur’ for kids to use monologue and song coaches to get them in. If you would like info on MTCA, just pm or email me. From reading CC, kids that have difficulties the first round, then spend the following year increasing their skills and working with coaches, are delighted with the results the 2nd time around!</p>
<p>I’ll answer with a suggestion that is available to you but you are not proposing: Go to the University of New Hampshire. I see you posted that you got in there for a BA in Theatre. It’s a beautiful school just over an hour outside of Boston. Easy to get to and offers a full living in the USA experience. UNH’s theatre department although non-audition puts on many very fine performances. Their dance department is very strong as are many of the school’s core offerings (engineering, math, political science, business etc.) There is also an MT track that perhaps you could switch into. If you are into singing, they also have very fine a cappella groups.</p>