Mine did a week-long workshop at Berklee the year prior to doing 5-Week. During that, he was invited to an undergrad audition (and at the time, he/we knew nothing about any of this stuff)–so he told them that he was only a rising junior, and they said his would be for scholarships for the following summer instead of undergrad, so he went for it. Great experience and not any different than his undergrad audition at 5-Week or subsequent regional Berklee audition during regular admission. And in a way, I think he’d say the week-long seminar was more intense and focussed and included more committed students than 5-Week did the following summer. So maybe one of the shorter programs could provide the same value with less financial commitment?