<p>I recently got wait-listed at my top choice school for violin performance. Luckily, I contacted one of the professors who agreed to give me a consultation lesson! I was just wondering what proper etiquette is for a lesson? How do these usually go? Are we supposed to pay them afterwards? Is there anything we could say or do in the lesson to help our chances?</p>
<p>Make sure that you have a check with you when you go to the lesson- some teachers/schools charge and others do not. You can simply say, “And what do I owe you for the lesson?” and see what answer you get.
Make sure that the teacher knows that this school is your top choice and that you would really love to study with him/her. Enthusiasm does count! Stop into the Admissions Office while you are there and reiterate the same thing. You should also e-mail the Admissions Director (or the counselor there with whom you have been working) now and say that you are really hoping for a positive outcome from the waitlist and that you love the school, etc. If you have any performances, recitals, etc coming up, send them links to press clippings- anything you can do to keep yourself in the front of their minds, and of course, you know not to become a pest about it, right?!! Schools make note of the contact you have with them and if it comes down to looking that wait list, their eyes go to the names with the check marks next to them (indicating contact) because they know that those are students really want to attend.
Keep us posted and good luck to you!!</p>