<p>Curtis is no different then any other music school, they have a certain number of slots available and they fill them based on the auditions. If someone sings or plays well enough that they are the best soprano or violinist in the audition, then they will get in (Curtis, on instruments at least, are different then most schools, if you get in, they assign a teacher to you or the teachers grab the students; in other programs, students specify preferences, and if a teacher on the list says yes, he/she is in).</p>
<p>If they had 10 great clarinettists audition, they still would prob only take the 1 they might have been planning to that year. Most schools also overadmit (i.e they accept more students then they have slots for, due to knowing not all students accepted will go there), but with a program like Curtis I suspect their enrollment to acceptance rate is prob near if not 100%. Maybe, just maybe, if they had let’s say 7 incredible violinists, for example, audition, and had only 6 slots technically open, they may open another slot, but from what I hear, that is rare. As the website says, they admit students to fill open spots, and as a result, a lot of incredibly talented people don’t get admitted there. The reality is that kids could be auditioning for no open slots, you just don’t know.</p>