Ending the Fundraiser!

A decision has been made. :)
Any money left over is going toward paying his deposit and housing deposit. Thank you all so much!

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Now it's visit time.
Here's a quick summary of how applying to college for a BFA in Musical Theater differs from typical college application process.

The odds of getting in are very low. These kids are told to apply to around 20 colleges in hopes of netting 10-12 auditions, in hopes of getting a few offers.
You are told to NOT visit schools before you apply. Can you imagine the cost of visiting 20+ schools? When you might get an offer from a couple, or a few?

Remember how I said Liam is crazy talented? He applied to 17 and has 9 MT BFA acceptances so far. He's still waiting to hear from 2, but thankfully those schools are closer and we've visited them already! 

The visits are important. Seeing the school, meeting other students, it can completely change your opinion of where you want to spend your 4 years.
We have a NYC trip planned early April where he will get to see Marymount Manhattan College, Molloy University, and LIU post --then we're swinging up to Ithaca for a day before coming home.
Then we will need to make a trip up to Niagara University.
We also need to make a trip to Ohio to see Ohio University and Ohio Northern University.

He has an offer in Seattle too but I don't think that visit is going to happen! lol And Rider we've already visited.
We had some money left over from the first round of this fundraiser but we need about $1600 more for these trips.

Some schools might come off the list as he visits others, as the financial aid packages come in --I will make adjustments to the total raised as that happens, and for off platform donations. I'm going to be doing a Norwex Mystery Hostess party as well. And bracelet sales again. Those funds will come off this total as well.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, will donate, or share. It's greatly appreciated. 

**Original Post:**

“Liam’s crazy talented” —Mom. 
Ok, not just mom though. I promise others agree. 

He’s been at a disadvantage from the start growing up with a flighty mother (Me. 👋) who moved him all around trying to find something better --and while always coming in last behind the needs of his special needs brother. We’ve been broke and stressed his whole life. It’s been chaos. It's his turn!

His marathon audition weekends are hitting with the worst possible timing. I’m in a VA retraining program that pays me a housing allowance, but due to the winter break I lose that money for the entire month. I have picked up extra hours at work since I'm not in class, but it’s just not enough. And, as I type this, I’m sick, so I might miss some days this week. 🤦‍♀️ (I missed the whole week!)

He is so close to breaking free and starting his own life in a Musical Theater BFA program. 10 more auditions to go, then we wait for those YESSES and —hopefully, kick ass financial aid packages to start rolling in. 

UPDATE:

We hit our "Survive February" Goal!! Thank you to everyone who donated and shared!

Not factored into the goal is an in-person audition in April, plus college visits --he got accepted to a couple schools in Ohio and NYC area that we need to visit, he auditioned for them in Pgh and hasn't seen those schools yet. 
These trips avg $300-$500 per school/weekend, so any additional money that comes will be used to that. 
(With this degree/audition process you are encouraged to apply to approx. 20 schools, and NOT visit them until audition time or after acceptances because there's a good chance it's a wasted trip to visit before you even find out if you pass a prescreen or audition.)

Thanks again! We really appreciate it!