<p>That is interesting, the take I had on music school admissions is that they send acceptances to the kids who could fill the slots on the instruments in question, which means the teacher was willing to teach them, and that they wait list the other kids. I knew that ‘academic’ programs did this, but I didn’t know that they did it with music school admissions. And that raises a question, what happens to a kid who gets an acceptance letter from the school, puts down a deposit, has told other schools no thanks, and then they tell them “sorry, Charlie, we don’t have space for you” if they goofed and accepted too many?</p>