<p>glasshoarmonica,
I totally echo TenorDad’s accolade. Best of luck in the venture! I trust the experience you are accumulating now will prove useful for your D’s graduate studies.</p>
<p>This is just the worst policy! I faced this when I applied to LACs…I got a nasty letter back from the school I had originally accepted. This was followed by a letter to the original school from my high school principal who chastised them for sending that letter…After all, they have a waiting list of their own! The amazing thing is that 30 years later, that school is still handling things in the same way.</p>
<p>And yes, the music world is a small place, which makes this policy at conservatories even more maddening. Seems to me they need to agree not to have any waiting lists…or change the policy! It puts the student in an extremely difficult- and unfair- position.
I feel sorry for all of you who have to deal with this! Best of luck to you.</p>