<p>I need to know if it's worth it or not.</p>
<p>It’s harder to get off the wait list than it is to be accepted the first time from what I’ve heard. IDK if it’s true. Really depends on where else you got accepted and if you’re willing to live in anticipation for an admission that might never come. What sucks even more is that you have to keep up with school and get as close to a 4.0 as possible + write a letter of interrest, get additional recs, and update your resume with ecs and the etc. If it’s your absolute number one never gonna want it less school than go for it, but if you think you might be happier somewhere else than you might find it worthwhile to not accept a position on the waiting list. </p>
<p>“May the odds be ever in your favor” ;)</p>
<p>Total long shot. In previous years, usually 1000 people stay on the waitlist, and in a given year maybe 10 people are accepted off of it, if any at all. Statistically it is highly highly unlikely (like a 1% chance).</p>
<p>…that being said, five years ago I was in AP European History on May 9th (I think) when I got the call from the JHU Admissions department offering me admission. I was one of 10 people offered admission in the class of 2011. I hadn’t really done anything to express extra interest, besides writing an EMAIL to the dean of admissions for my region saying that JHU was my first choice and that if admitted off of the waitlist, I would go, and also updating her on the end of season results for my debate team. I bought a sweatshirt for my second choice school (which I was not happy to attend) and tried to make the best out of it.</p>
<p>This is what I have learned about getting in off of the waitlist:
-the admissions office already has a general idea of who they are “interested” in admitting, and if you’re not one of these few, tough luck.
-other factors, besides your individual strength as a candidate, are at play. The admissions office is looking to create a class and fill holes. Now, I later found some of the other kids admitted off of the waitlist that year. All of us were either from California or Illinois, and we all had an interest (at the time of our application) in studying international relations ore political science. That is not to say it’s easier every year to get in from CA or IL or if you’re studying IR or Poli Sci, but in 2007, the admissions office obviously wanted a few more kids from that region/with those interests in the class. This year it could be Art History majors from Texas. There’s no way of knowing.</p>
<p>My advice (and I say this every year):
-Send an email to the dean for your region expressing your itnerest and update him/her in the email with anything you’ve been up to lately (no need for articles jsut say something like “I just did x!”)
-Buy a sweatshirt for your favorite school that you’ve been accepted to and GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. Act happy adn you’ll be happy. College is great and you’ll love it once you get there.
-Forget abotu JHU. if you’re one of the 1%, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. If you aren’t then don’t spend time angsting about it. It is out of your control. 100%</p>
<p>How do you know if the admissions team has an eye on you? I’ve shown repeated interest- gone to CTY, minority interest weekend, etc- and was wondering if that would give me a better shot.
also @whitehouses- never has a hunger games reference been more appropriate :)</p>
<p>You don’t. End of story. You won’t know until you get in.</p>
<p>So don’t think about the waitlist.</p>
<p>wow ok. It’s unnecessary for you to be so abrupt.</p>
<p>The waiting list is one thing where past performance is not a predictor of the future. Some years, no one gets admitted from the wait list. Other years, quite a few. Admissions offices at every school are given a set target for the size of the class. This target is based upon anticipated class sizes, housing availability, and the financial budget (tuition=revenue). They set the number of students offered admission based upon past admissions yields (the percentage of accepted students who actually enroll) and their guesstimate of what the yield will be this year. If they are high in their guesstimate of yield, there will be offers made to some on the waitlist until the class is full. If they are on target or low, there will be no offers.</p>
<p>Because college admissions is such a dynamic thing, there is no way to know until May how good or bad the guesstimate was. The field is even more dynamic today than in the past, because students are applying to more colleges than ever before (which tends to made schools more selective since they have more applicants from which to choose) and, due to the economic situation, more accepted applicants are shopping for the best financial aid offers. It is as much an art as a science.</p>
<p>I know this has already been posted elsewhere, but if you are on the JHU wait list and haven’t reviewed the information posted to this site you are missing some very helpful information and historic data: [Wait</a> List Discussion Thread (2012)](<a href=“http://www.hopkins-interactive.com/forums/ask-admissions/wait-list-discussion-thread-(2012)/]Wait”>http://www.hopkins-interactive.com/forums/ask-admissions/wait-list-discussion-thread-(2012)/)</p>
<p>Any updates about our wait list will be posted there. As well, I will continue to answer any questions about our wait list that are posted there.</p>