“Also, the weather is beautiful, so that put it above other schools.” To get here, however, she has a The senior class of 2018 is comprised of many long road ahead of her. First, there superstar seniors, including Olivia Martel is a regular academic application. Luckily, she upholds a stellar GPA and a myriad of extracurriculars, including musical theatre, choir, and student council. Then, Martel has to pass a prescreen audition. As of December, Olivia has been accepted to Coastal Carolina, as well as passed her prescreen audition. Martel will go to Conway in January for the final audition. If she passes that all-day audition on campus, she will be accepted. This school only picks 15-20 freshmen per year for acceptance into the musical theatre program. Martel believes that she has prepared for senior year pretty well. Senior Olivia Martel shines both on the stage and in the “I wish I took pressure off classroom. She has been chosen by the Norse Code to be the of myself,” she said, “because second Superstar Senior from the graduating class of 2018. everything will work out. [The college acceptance process is] a BY RILEY HOVELAND long process and it’s stressful, so
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Montana to South Carolina to Broadway; that is Martel’s Playhouse, Martel has decided to packing it all into second semester pursue this art as a career. Her first choice of college is is a bad idea,” Martel advises future seniors. game plan. After spending nine Coastal Carolina University in Martel is excited to start this years in musical theatre through Conway, South Carolina. next chapter in her life, and the Bigfork Playhouse Children’s “It has a really good program for this Superstar Senior is already Theatre and the Bigfork Summer what I want to do,” said Martel. shining among the class of 2018.