Rachel maakt indruk op Brody, die haar later complimenteert en helpt haar om te gaan met de vreemdheid van New York en de druk van NYADA. ###>The next candidate, Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist), performs Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind", the same song Rachel performs in a NYADA class, having just seen Carmen Tibideaux (Whoopi Goldberg) cut the first freshman to sing from the program for failing to impress her.