One of the things that we did right, I feel, is early preparation. For the last several years, in January, she and her teacher would set my D’s repertoire for the following school year/season,preparing for all the competitions/recitals she would be giving in the fall/spring. She would still be finishing out the current school year but start to add in new works to her practice regimen. So it was natural in the beginning of 2017 to look at all the schools she was interested in and their pre-screen recording requirements and live audition requirements and make a rep list that covered everything. Then, she began working on that and by summer was able to take her pieces to her summer institute and put on final touches. By fall pre-screen recording time she had spent 10 months with the music and felt prepared (well, as prepared as one can ever feel sending a recording off). So by audition time, she had had a full year with the music and it was a very good place for her to be. This is one thing we are all glad we did.