Starting Here, Starting Now

I first heard of the college audition process at a workshop with my current voice teacher, just before he became my voice teacher.  I took the city bus there; I was very committed (public transportation is TERRIBLE here). I asked if activities mattered (oh, the days when I cared!) and he said they helped because you had to apply to the school as well as the program. He gave an example of a swimmer who had gone to college for theatre. I was like, "what? I have to play a sport now? But I just want to perform!" Spoiler alert: I did not join a sports team. That is a stupid reason to join a sports team. Play sports if you like sports (and have no life because they are SO TIME-CONSUMING AT MY SCHOOL).

A year later I took /another/ workshop with a director I had worked with in the past. Her daughter had auditioned for college the year before (she is now an Ithaca MT) and all the information she gave changed my life. I started researching schools that week. I took like 30 pages of notes and I sleep with them sometimes. They are my Bible. Don't make fun of me, this dedication will make me a STAR!!!! ving artist.

Anyway, it began. I bought I Got In and that other purple one with the long title. I memorized them, pretty much. And sometime around there I discovered College Confidential and spent hours reading about everything. I wish I was exaggerating. This is actually really embarrassing. I'm going now.