Accepted early, rejected from music school

Anyone else in this situation? Son accepted early to university, auditioned and denied admission to Music school. This was his top choice school. Worth it to take a year and focus on lessons and prep, get to know faculty and audition again next year? Potential for improvement, learning audition skills (managing nerves) or are we just prolonging additional disappointment? Accepted into other programs (not that interested) but so disappointed. Received high praise at other auditions.

Sorry to hear that, @musicmom2019 . FSU is a tough admit for music. If he decides to take a gap year (pretty common in music) it might behoove you to schedule a sample lesson with one of the FSU teachers so he can get some advice as to what he needs to work on. Only y’all can make the decision whether a gap year is better for him, versus attending another school and potentially transferring later. You might get a wider range of opinions if you post your query on the music board in this thread:

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/2070752-class-of-2023-undergrad-class-of-2021-grad-the-tours-the-auditions-the-journey.html#latest

Thank you, I posted in other forum.