[ Elliot can't begin to explain the wave of emotion that that sentence, said so casually, hits.
This kid is good. This kid is so good they make an exception for him, a scholarhip is given to him, presumably full ride. Julliard. The hardest school to get into in the universe just walked up and said 'this guy's in'?
That's good. That's very good. Because Elliot applied for Julliard three times and got asked to audition only once. Elliot couldn't even get to the school one step below it, NYADA. Ryan was very, very good.
...But a huge part of him takes that the other way: Ryan's good, sure, but it's that Elliot's bad that he can't get in. ]
That's--I mean that's insane! You actually got in! That's like a one-way ticket to being extremely successful!
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[ Elliot can't begin to explain the wave of emotion that that sentence, said so casually, hits.
This kid is good. This kid is so good they make an exception for him, a scholarhip is given to him, presumably full ride. Julliard. The hardest school to get into in the universe just walked up and said 'this guy's in'?
That's good. That's very good. Because Elliot applied for Julliard three times and got asked to audition only once. Elliot couldn't even get to the school one step below it, NYADA. Ryan was very, very good.
...But a huge part of him takes that the other way: Ryan's good, sure, but it's that Elliot's bad that he can't get in. ]
That's--I mean that's insane! You actually got in! That's like a one-way ticket to being extremely successful!