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[quote=Anonymous]NYU, USC, Yale, Julliard.

Definitely try to encourage a you daughter to pursue her dreams while also making sure she understands that her chances of making it big on stage or screen are small and that she may want to obtain other skills (accounting, design) that would enable her to work "in the industry" if her talent doesn't hold up.

My SIL want to Tisch (NYU).  It is very clear that those years were the absolute pinnacle of her life.  20 years later that is still true.  Before Tisch, she dreamed of Tisch or USC and she got into both and went to Tisch. She worked on TV shows in NY and LA but working on shows (not in them) makes you a cog in the machine but not the star.  She liked to be the star.  She floated around (cushioned by parental resources and unemployment) before settling into a desk job for a local government (not in NY or LA).  She is fine with her job now and at 40 is ok with it.  But her 30s were kind of a giant disappointment because she was making grown up decisions (like taking a job that pays enough to cover the bills rather than a free job to get exposure).  I guess make sure you daughter knows that those schools take a ton of talented kids and continue to pump them up and teach them but the ULTIMATE decider is the public and some handsome or pretty face with no degree and some talent can get the job just as easily.  [/quote]

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