<p>The “double-sided” nature of theatre acceptances is confusing and sometimes annoying. My D received a big envelope from her top school of choice. She opened it, read the “congratulations!” letter, frowned and threw it on the table. She tells me “It’s only an academic acceptance” and walks away. I picked up the packet - leafed through a few pages and found her acceptance letter from the Musical Theatre program buried about four pages down. I wonder how many kids did the same as her and didn’t read the whole packet? If I had taken her word for it - she wouldn’t be attending her “dream school” and loving it.</p>