<p>Did I say one HAD to play an instrument to get in?</p>
<p>I think I’m sensitive to your question because of the recent thread in the Parents subsection about “Working up to potential”:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1388997-working-potential-not.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1388997-working-potential-not.html</a></p>
<p>All I’m trying to say is that there will be kids in the applicant pool with your son’s academic stats and sporting inclinations who didn’t goof around in art classes.</p>