We did this pay to play program for my son for engineering at Berkeley. It was a wonderful program and he came back with a bounce in his step. He was a rising sophomore and flew from Chicago to California himself. Also they met him at the airport and got him and brought them back. It was like $3,000/10 days or something like that. Really a stellar program on every level https://www.nslcleaders.org/
I think most program will meet your child and bring them back. There “is” lots of freedom during their free time. But we live in Chicago and my kids took a train to a bus 40 minute trip each way every day so they were used to this.
If she’s that talented the Emerson program will look at her. They will tell you there is no correlation of doing their summer program and getting accepted there and I am telling you there is a direct connection. Why wouldn’t they look at their talent if they have them for 5 weeks? Just happen to know many back stage and musical theater kids that got accepted after doing their program. Good Luck.