<p>We visited Bennington earlier this year. He wants a small school, but he felt that Bennington was too small and rural for him. But I wanted to go there! </p>
<p>My understanding is that Emerson does not do interviews but they do “auditions” for musical theater majors. I don’t know about lighting design. On the school’s web site they do say you can pop into the admissions office with questions without an appointment, so I think this fall we may just swing by (we live close) with a couple of questions – not that we actually have any, but just so my S can perhaps become more than just a name on an application. </p>
<p>He is not interested in going to CA – too far from home right now, although he hopes to do an internship or a semester in LA while in college. </p>
<p>We do plan to take another trip to Hampshire sometime this fall because the new film dept. wasn’t available for us to see when we were there in June. If the number of visits helps, he may get into Hampshire! We will have been there 3 times by the time he applies. He does have a friend who is going to Hampshire this fall – her GPA was lower than his but she’s an obviously bright and interesting girl. She claims she got in because of her “kickass essay.” Who knows?</p>
<p>He is actually on his way home now from a tour and interview at Quinnipiac. He thought the school was “okay” – didn’t click with him the way Emerson and Hampshire did. That was about what I expected… I think he may be too quirky for Quinnipiac.</p>