<p>when did you get andovers? and what state?</p>
<p>Does the wording of the waitlist matter? For example, are there three different wordings of a waitlist decision and one of them is for people higher up in the waitlist, one for the people in the middle and one for the people at the bottom who have virtually no chance at all</p>
<p>Most schools do not rank their waitlists.
I am thinking it is like this:
An accepted applicant who plays the trombone turns down his application.
A trombone player is picked off of the waiting list.</p>
<p>But I am not sure.
:)</p>
<p>lalalove - I'm not sure it's quite that specific.:) However, in general I think you are correct. First, if it's a coed school, they usually want a class that's balanced between boys and girls. So if a spot opens up, and their short on girls, spot will probably go to a girl on the waitlist. Similarly, if an unusually large number of admitted Asian students decide to go to the school, I would think it would make it tougher for an Asian kid who has been waitlisted to be offered a place if they go to the waitlist. Basic principal is that the school is trying to achieve a balanced class, and if spots open up on the waitlist kids who will help them achieve that balance are more likely to be admitted. That's why most schools can't and won't tell you where you rank on the waitlist - since they don't really rank kids in that way.</p>
<p>Nerds,
I was waitlisted at Deerfield and in at Andover. Maybe we can call them and arrange a swape?</p>