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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only you know your kid this well, but failure at an audition could be a good experience if it helps them learn to healthily approach this kind of thing. 
[quote=Anonymous]Would you let your kid audition if they were unlikely to succeed?

They started their instrument late in sixth grade, and while they're improving a lot and really into it, I don't think they're objectively that good yet. They have friends auditioning, which is also a main driver behind their recent interest.

In the one hand, it could be a good experience just to go through the process. On the other, they tend to be very self critical when they don't succeed at something (sports, academics). First race that went poorly, they wanted to quit track and there was so much hand wringing and moaning about what a "failure" they are at everything.

On the remote chance that they actually get in, we parents wouldn't be thrilled with the idea, both for commute and losing out on a more well rounded high school experience. [/quote][/quote]

Not every kid who auditions and gets in is particularly great. I'd argue that the attitude about failure is more a factor than playing skills.  Kid who do well at Duke Ellington understand rejection and failure as part of the process of getting good at something. [/quote]

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