Afab, thanks for the detailed answer re RBS experience. An email response for us is great, we will just have to watch the spam folder. It would be awful to miss a opportunity because of a can of processed meat got in the way !!!
Yes, we are abroad, in one of those big places just west of you guys, a continent to the left. :-) My dd is 14 and has attended SIs since the age of 11. We applied this summer to CNBS, RBS, & POB via DVD at the suggestion of the aforementioned 2 company members above. We thought the RBS & POB were rather long shots but for the $60 to ship the apps overseas we thought to give it a go. We were really surprised to get such a quick acceptance from POB and still question it. The email was a short "you got in" and then info on how to pay with an attachment giving them credit card authorization to charge us for the program. Parts of that, actually a lot of that, sounds like that email should be in the canned meat folder! Oddly, if it were a program state-side we probably wouldn't scrutinize it so much but we have not really heard of anyone else with yes answers. Phone & fax numbers match up and we have corresponded with the person listed in charge of the program via email with relatively prompt responses as most others have posted here and elsewhere.
Sorry to see you received a no but at least you know early. Thanks again for your RBS info, just as Pastel posted we would love to put together the dual SI experience. We have another EU program we are looking to piggyback with POB but RBS would be an excellent choice.
-balletAJ