<p>Thanks for your thoughts, BassDad. It really was helpful to us to think about it like a waiting list situation. I actually ended up writing to the chair of the music department and he replied very kindly saying that he appreciated knowing about this issue and that he’ll poke around for us a bit for some info. While acceptance is pretty unlikely, it’d be great to know earlier rather than later! Again, thanks for your ideas - we have taken them very seriously.</p>