<p>I’ve been checking this board every day to see if your S has gotten any news from his waitlist schools. I can only imagine what it’s like at your house these days every time the phone rings or the mail arrives. Just want you to know that a lot of us are thinking about you and hoping everything works out for the best in the end.</p>
<p>Your S is an example of how this whole admissions process has gotten out of hand. It shouldn’t matter what schools he applied to or how much attention he gave to each application. A kid like that should have gotten into some of the schools he applied to period. The process should not have to entail extreme levels of calculation about his chances as a male musician at every school, nor the complex marketing of himself that some have suggested would have boosted his chances. These kids are just teenagers picking their next school. It shouldn’t be that complicated.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think it stinks that your S has to deal with this now, and I hope he can look back years from now and say that it was the best thing that every happened to him. Good Luck.</p>