<p>So I was waitlisted at Bowdoin. I LOVE this school. I'm so sad. What should I do so that I have the good chance at getting off the waitlist and accepted into the school?</p>
<p>pure unadulterated pestering.</p>
<p>keep calling and calling and calling. maybe you can ask the admissions office what you can do and if they do in fact tell you...go above and beyond.</p>
<p>maybe line up some extra recs. from people you haven't thought to ask before...i mean ask everyone and pick the best few and send them in. Keep improving and keep updating them on how much you are improving. </p>
<p>enter some contests.</p>
<p>see the advice from the owners of this site at <a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/deferral.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/deferral.htm</a></p>
<p>Cure cancer or write a book</p>
<p>I already cured cancer...I'm just not going to release the data until they take me off the waitlist...</p>