Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art was Fern’s first-choice school, and its rejection remained a disappointment even after she received an acceptance elsewhere. Its significance in the evidence is personal: it marks the training opportunity she wanted most but did not get.

Place in Fern’s Training

The rejection from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art came before Fern’s letter of acceptance from another school. The sequence did not erase the sting: Fern would still have chosen Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making the acceptance a qualified success rather than a full substitute for her first choice.