<p>The best music schools accept the best players in the pool. The second best accept the second best players in the pool. The mediocre schools accept the mediocre players in the pool. The worst accept the worst.</p>
<p>It’s a pretty consistent concept, I’d say, with any other field.</p>
<p>The ‘in the field’ part is important. The worst schools accept the worst players, of those in the worthy pool of students auditioning, that is. Certainly not the worst flutists of the entire collective whole of ‘flute players’, meaning any single living cell that’s ever touched or attempted to play a note on a flute!</p>