<p>Thanks, thumper. I had forgotten that BUTI was one of the programs that requires a deposit upon acceptance rather than upon application. The financial info page is at [BU</a> | CFA | School of Music | BUTI | Admissions | Financial Information](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/financial_information.htm]BU”>http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/financial_information.htm) for anyone who is interested. The short version is that if you never send in an acceptance with the $500 deposit to BUTI, you will lose nothing. If you do send BUTI the acceptance and decide to attend elsewhere before starting at BUTI, you will lose the $500 deposit but they will return the rest of the money that you send them up until the start of camp.</p>