<p>If a wait-list student revisit the school, would it increase his chance of being accepted? Or would the admission office get more annoyed by this visit? I know that most schools have revisit days for accepted students before April 5. Then would it be ok for a wait listed student to revisit the school after April 10? Pls advise...</p>
<p>I think it would annoy the admissions office. At Choate, classes are shortened and special events are planned for revisiting students. Teachers may be annoying if random kids showed up on a normal day of school.</p>
<p>At many schools, the revisit day event is by-invitation-only to accepted applicants. You have to register, and there is a scheduled program. It’s not a show-up-and-roam-around-the-campus-on-your-own day.</p>
<p>No, I am not saying the visiting school for the revisit day.
If a wait listed student visit the school again, say after April 10, would it help the student to get admitted? Since by then, the admission office should have better idea about the wait list students, whether they do need a few students or they are full with current students.
So if a wait list student visits the campus again, showing his interest, would it help???</p>
<p>That is basically the same thing as revisits. You would need to contact the admissions office in order to visit again anyways. They may think you’re pushy.</p>
<p>So it would be the best not to visit the school, then. Thanks for your advice.
We should just send the updated info, along with the letter of intent, and wait…</p>
<p>It would be trespassing. The school is on private property, is still in session so security of the staff and students is paramount, which is why the general public can’t just come up and walk around. The revisit day students are invited guests. It wouldn’t help your chances to show up without asking first. It would likely hurt it.</p>
<p>Let’s simplify this . . .</p>
<p>The ONLY thing any of these schools wants from a waitlisted candidate is (1) notification of the student’s continued interest and (2) updates on significant achievements. And “significant achievements” can, for most students, be limited to state and national championships and noteworthy improvements in grades (from B’s to all A’s, for example).</p>
<p>They do not want to interview you again or hear about the camping trip you went on. If you’ve always gotten straight A’s, they do not need to know that you are continuing to get straight A’s (unless they expressly ask for your updated transcript). The school already knows enough about you to know they’d want you if and only if a space that matches you opens up.</p>
<p>So, unless there’s a dramatic (and positive) change, you don’t need to do anything other than state your continued interest. You might want to send a brief note to your AO/interviewer once every four to six weeks letting him or her know that you are still interested . . . but that’s generally all you need to do.</p>
<p>And no, in answer to your question, asking to go back for another visit (or just showing up uninvited) is NOT going to help your case. It is a HUGE task for the schools just to accommodate their accepted students for revisits. If they tried to take on the additional burden of scheduling visits for all the waitlisted applicants, they’d be overwhelmed. The kindest thing you can do is to not even ask.</p>
<p>Thanks! I now can advise my friend’s family not to visit the school.</p>
<p>ExieMitAlum said “It would be trespassing. The school is on private property, is still in session so security of the staff and students is paramount, which is why the general public can’t just come up and walk around.” </p>
<p>As a parent of a student I wish this were true…for safety reasons …I wish people were kept off campus who didn’t have official business there. However…we did just that the spring our son was admitted…showed up on a random Sunday, grandparents were visiting from out of state and wanted to see Exeter…walked around the campus…had a lovely chat with a chem teacher who was on the path who welcomed us to the Exeter family. Granted we weren’t trying to change a decision or impress anyone there…just to make our decision more clear…but still it was hard to get used to the fact that the campus may be private property but it is still open to the town. I also remember being at St Paul’s for a tour and seeing towns people using some of the paths for jogging and talking to them about how they ran through campus every day. So the kids aren’t in a bubble of total protection.</p>