<p>It is unlikely that I will attend Midd-- so that will open up one spot.</p>
<p>Thanks canadianemigre, I’m feeling a little better about the waitlists because I got in to Wellesley this afternoon. Doesn’t minimize how much I love Midd, but it softens some of the disappointment. I’m going to think about it, but I’m feeling that it’s pretty likely I’ll stay on the waitlist at Midd. I mean, we made it this far, may as well hold on for a little longer…</p>
<p>soccer318, where will you go instead?</p>
<p>I think that if you got waitlisted you should DEFINITELY explore other options. </p>
<p>In my mind (I got waitlisted from Reed and the University of Chicago), if I am not good enough to get accepted like everyone else, would it really be worth it for me to stay on the waitlist and eventually go? I think no. </p>
<p>Honestly, if a school really wants you, they would have accepted you RD. I understand that waitlist kids are sometimes brought up but, for me, I would always feel like a 2nd class citizen…</p>
<p>lol I think that depends very much on the individual situation, as do most things in life…
if you’re already happy with your life and you just want somewhere comfortable that’s one thing…</p>
<p>in my case, I’ve had a lot of hard circumstances that have kept me from getting to where I want to in life…I want to be challenged and pushed to be better and go to the place that I believe will give me the most opportunities and experiences …if I was lucky enough to get off the waitlist for Midd, I would be thankful for the second chance every day I was there, regardless of the fact that apparently I was not the strongest applicant…being around tons of people way more talented and interesting than me sounds like heaven compared to the environment I’m in right now</p>
<p>^^ take out the part about others being “way more talented or interesting than me” and that’s exactly what you should pen to the school (in my opinion anyway). Show your passion for the place. As you point out, what is there to lose? You are obviously a fighter or you may have given up on things some time ago. Stick to your guns.</p>
<p>I’m with canadianemigre (WLers should stick together, I guess). I mean, if we’re on the waitlist, that means that the Midd people think we could handle doing the work and even thrive at the school in the even that we get off of it. Perhaps we weren’t exciting/different enough to be accepted in the first place, but that doesn’t mean that I’m just not going to investigate the possibilities of being on the waitlist.</p>
<p>i’m not too upset about getting waitlisted because i’m taking this as a sign that i’m not meant to be spending the next four years freezing my butt off in vermont. i detest cold weather (though i did show my enthusiasm for midd’s skiing slopes during my interview).</p>
<p>so yeah, opting out of the waitlist. best of luck to the other waitlistees!</p>
<p>Accepted! Congrats to all others. I was truly surprised.</p>
<p>I received a 28 on my ACT’s (1895 on SAT’s) and was rejected at both Wesleyan and Vassar. </p>
<p>I’m white, have taken half-honors half-normal, and only two AP’s (both taken senior year and received B+ in each)</p>
<p>Goes to show one just never knows how the admission committee will judge.
My point: If you want to attend—submit you application. What’s the worst that could happen? And whats the best?</p>
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<p>LaM., you’re surely correct that they think you could handle the work and thrive. As for being “exciting/different enough”, well, I wonder how important that is. My guess is, you’re exciting enough.</p>
<p>What may have happened is that it reached a point where they looked at your particular interests and considered what they bring to the community’s table, compared to other strong applicants in this year’s pool. If they had more strong applicants than they could accept who shared those interests (publications, choir, whatever), then perhaps you were at a disadvantage compared to the only qualified soccer goalie who applied. This is why (I think) the NESCAC admissions can appear to be such a crap-shoot, compared to some other schools. They are all about small communities of people with shared interests, working in groups and teams, not (mostly) about brilliant loners solving the world’s hard problems (think Reed or Chicago, where the admit rates are higher, even though the average stats are quite high, too.)</p>
<p>As I understand it, the wait list can work in a couple of ways. Some schools rank the waitlistees and pick from the top of the queue. Others (most of the NESCACs, I suspect) use the waitlist to back-fill a few gaps in the community. If no violin players send a deposit and they are still short on students, they look to the waitlist. Be realistic, the odds are not great. But if you want to improve your chances you’ll probably want to update your application with any recent accomplishments or awards in your area of interest. If your intended major is an unpopular one, maybe this could work to your advantage too. Don’t be cute or a pest about it, just send one update letter telling them you recently won a school prize for your astute journalistic reporting, that you can’t wait to apply your skills to a college newspaper, and you still really really want to go to Middlebury. My two cents!</p>
<p>the WL is such a unknown this year, it appears even more people are waitlisted then usual. While staying on a waitlist is an option, it is very important to move ahead with an acceptance that you can embrace.</p>
<p>It is funny all 3 schools D was waitlisted at are all the LAC’s that she and I thought were the right size, fit. she was accepted at 2 schools she thought were a reach and a little large for her. Maybe that is just the environment she is meant to be in??</p>
<p>while she wile stay on the list at Midd, since it was her favorite she is embracing her other options.</p>
<p>Enlist the aid of your guidance counselor as well. And… if you are doing particularly well in a high pressure class and it’s a teacher that hasn’t written a rec, you might check and see if sending in one more letter of reference might be the way to go. Nothing too long obviously. I agree with tk21769 to not be too cute or a pest. I also agree about the Reed/UChic comparison (Niece went to Reed - brilliant beyond belief but not exactly a joiner by any stretch).</p>
<p>I don’t think we’ll know how the waitlist plays out this year until the common data set is released for this year’s class. But… they have said they are increasing the class and so, one has to wonder if they’ve admitted that many more or are planning on culling from the waitlist to get those students. I just think you never give up until the end. Failure is not in losing but in quitting before the game is over. Son likes this quote (probably cuz their football team doesn’t have the best record) :)</p>
<p>All of this said, I do think it’s important to get excited about other schools in the acceptance column. Who knows, it may be that IF you get the invite off the waitlist it will be an even harder decision than had you got in in the first place. Open Mind… embrace it.</p>
<p>thanks Modadunn for the encouragment, I really appreciate it</p>
<p>and congrats to your son and everyone who got into this wonderful school :)</p>