What is so good about WAAPA!!!

As a student studying TEE (Tertiary Entrance Examinations) Drama at high school in my final year. Yes WAAPA is talked about alot and many people from my class are thinking of auditioning there. They want to audition because there isn't much opportunity to study performance theatre in WA. Only a few can afford to go over to Melbourne and Sydney etc to audition to study at say NIDA or other performance schools but in honesty I have seen many performances at WAAPA and no doubt people there have talent. You NEED it to get in but it is true it is a cut-throat industry and people understand that but if studying at a place with a good reputation can help get you a job then why not at least try. I'm not saying wAAPA is the best out there or in the country or anything like that but it has credit and i know people who have studied there and are doing quite well for themselves. On someone's comment that 50% are WAAPA students and 50% are not well if anyone saw the Lion King in Melbourne for example only two people. . .if i remember correct. . .from the whole cast and crew studied over here. They are examples of WAAPA's success but also that it isn't the only place alot of those performers studied either in the Eastern States or over seas. Sure WAAPA is good and has a good reputation but for people in WA like me and my fellow actors in my class WAAPA is the best option we can afford to have! I believe it is nor only quiality but also teh fact that WAAPA has little challengers over here in WA to contend with that helps make it more noticable. I am neither for nor against but just think that if you were 17, 18 etc and in WA with little money and little credit then WAAPA is the best option you have as a performer to develop. ~ Tari The Writer is a child forever listening at the keyhole of the adult world.