Personally I like that my daughter is discovering the city with the safety net of a dorm (with full security) a meal plan, a health center and the structure of school to fill the days. But there is not one best time to be anywhere 
There is definitely an audition for Central Washingtonās BFA program. The word is that they audition over 200 for 20-25 spaces in the MT class.
Second semester of senior year for BFA students at Otterbein is an internship in NYC.
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Is Pace rolling admissions??
No. The school itself may be, but the MT program is not. Everyone finds out at once.
Hereās an interesting article on the new show Galavant that premieres tonight. Shows where the cast and creators went to school. As you can see they come from all overā¦some big names and some not so big names. My belief is you can make it at any school you attend or even no school at allā¦
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/schools-of-the-stars-where-galavant-cast-and-creators-went-to-college-338383
You have to look at some of this information a little more critically. There is a single American in this group. He got a BFA at USC and had been acting since he was 12. The rest are Brits and an Aussie. Thatās why you donāt recognize the names of their schools. The creative team is largely American and attended very high-profile colleges.
@vocal1046 what you say is true for this show but what @bisouu said is also true. My family has Playbills going back over 40 years from both Broadway and regional markets like Chicago and Seattle and the bios in those programs support the idea that you can make it with training from a variety of schools offering a wide variety of degrees, including 2-year professional programs, and sometimes no college theater training at all. The OP was asking about musical theater schools and while Galavant may not be the best example the argument is correct.
Some people with MFA degrees from Yale School of Drama never earn a living and some high school dropouts are stacking up piles of dough. This profession is completely unpredictable and training is far from a guarantee of employment. Do not make your training decisions based on a desire to āmake itā. Train if you believe it is making you a better artist. That is the only goal you can work toward. Employment will come or not but there is no clear, straight path.
I was only responding to the suggestion that unfamiliar schools were not ābig namesā.
I think bisouu and vocal1046 are both correct too. Yes, those who perform at the highest levels, venues, etc. come from a variety of backgroundsā¦could be a BFA program, a BA program, another major all together, no college, etc. I agree with vocal1046 that the bios/training for the Galavant cast is not the best example because most of the actors are not American (their school names are likely not as familiar to Americans) and the creative team did indeed attend well regarded colleges.
I think āmake itā means you know, work. But I agree with your point about education in general @vocal1046.
I go to Fredonia and I study BFA Musical Theatre! I love it here. Great program. The teachers really care about YOU and not making you a cookie cutter performer. The program is smaller but itās also a little less competitive. We get maybe 250 applicants for the MT and Acting program, and we audition about 200. They accept about 14 into MT and about 14 into Acting. @BeccaW444ā