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LONE WOLF -- You gotta want to come to Quartz Mountain.

You gotta really, really want it.

Buried in the far southwestern part of the state, the ribbon of narrow, killer highway leading to Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, and eventually, the Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain, contain more twists than a John Grisham novel.

But three-hour drives aside, it's not the windshield time that's difficult.

It's making the cut.

Yeah, you have to want to get to Quartz Mountain.

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Somewhere, across the state, there are 1,032 high school students who didn't make it to Summer Arts Institute -- sure, they tried. They auditioned.

But they didn't make the cut.

Out of the 1,300 who auditioned, only 268 were picked.

The other 1,032 may have wanted it, but the lucky 268 wanted it more.

"It's tough," said Susan Herrick, a public relations officer for the Oklahoma Arts Institute. "We hold auditions all across the state and it's tough to get in."

At least the majority don't have to worry about the drive.

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Despite the remote location and the seriously tough auditions, students from Cleveland County are well represented at this year's Summer Arts Institute. Students from Norman High, Norman North, Moore, Noble and Purcell are spending the next two weeks neck-deep in drawing, dance, painting, creative writing and photography.