<p>I had a similar revelation like tango14’s S. </p>
<p>I went to a 6 week summer program, realized I really wasn’t the BEST and worked my butt off for the two year after that. I passed 3 out of the 4 pre-screen’s I made and I’m confident that if not for that summer camp, I might be one of those flailing kids who doesn’t know which way is up in cut throat music school admissions process.</p>