These are all good things to think about. We talked last night and he’s not so quick to dismiss the school simply because, as you all stated above, he wants to keep options open.
He’s never visited so he has no way of knowing any of that. I took a tour because I was visiting my eldest son who lives next to the school, but my cellist was taking care of the house while we were out of town because he couldn’t get away.
He has to contact the music school today or tomorrow since he’s obviously not coming for an audition this weekend, so I think he should ask them about the situation. I might just call or email the person that I took the tour with since she did say I could contact her anytime with questions.