@Notmath1 - the quote about auditioning is from Matthew Edwards’ (Shenandoah) website, “The College Audition Blog” (auditioningforcollege, July 9, 2105). His blog is a great resource and provides a faculty member viewpoint of the audition process.
Thanks, @EmsDad . Didn’t know about that. It seems there is so much good free advice online if you know where to look.
We ended up doing everything on campus. His high school musical went up Feb 2-4 (nope, he does not attend a performing arts high school :)!) and so Chicago wasn’t an option. Trying to then juggle all remaining dates, and his in-state option, meant that Unifieds wasn’t happening. We’ve enjoyed every campus audition, though, but we didn’t try to pack in tours, etc. We went to the audition, walked around campus, talked with students, ate at various campus facilities, and got to know each place a wee bit.
Hee hee I hear you but for those planning for next year think about NYC Unifieds and LA Unifieds. But I agree much of our choices have to center around family scheduling:)