Soooooo I know we are all loving this process and nothing makes me more happy than all my friends coming together and just agreeing that college admissions sucks. I applied to seven school and I will share more information on that in a second, but my issue seems to be with how waitlists work. I understand that I should put down my deposit at once school, and I might hear from the others, yet the explanation of many people is “ohhh you have 4 waitlists?? You definitely have to get into one of them”. When all of my research seems to show most of these waitlists take very few applicants off of them :{ So I was wondering if anybody had more information on these waitlists and if had any tips on what to write to these colleges to increase my chances.
Accepted: (If i didn’t make it clear my plan is to put my deposit down at MSU)
Michigan State University
Waitlisted:
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
George Washington University
William and Mary
Rejected:
UC Berkeley
Northwestern
So just some fun facts act me:
3.7, 4.1 gpa
32 act
IB Diploma candidate
Honestly I can’t even tell you what major I’ve applied to at most colleges, mathematics at some, specifically recently sent UMich a LOCI where I expressed interest in their data science and organizational studies programs. Any and all thoughts would be helpful. And don’t worry I understand my scores aren’t that great. I’ve put a surprisingly small amount of effort in school and admissions during my battle with mental health.
Also: 4 year debater, forensics, NHS, male dancer, 3 years of music at the top level