I got in! At first it didn’t feel like anything amazing, because I thought a lot of people will get in, but when I saw how high this year’s scores were, I felt stunned. Only 4 people got into government-financed places [other study programs have more than 20]. And I was 3rd from the top! Yay for no pay, because music programs are crazy expensive!

This feels unbelievable. I seriously underestimated myself during those auditions when I thought that at lest 4 people will get higher scores than me.