<p>alright.. so i have been waitlisted at 5 privates now(northwestern, rice, claremont mckenna, colgate, and middlebury...). (still waiting to hear from the other two..pomona and yale. which will probably be rejects.) i am starting to wonder if privates actually reject people or just waitlist them to help applicants feel better. ive been accepted to ucsd and uci.. so i know im going to college somewhere. i feel like such a failure with all these waitlists tho.. like "oh your stats are good.. but you are not special enough for us to actually want you." anyone else going through the same thing? should i accept a spot on all the waitlists and see if any of them accept me?</p>
<p>why not, it doesn't cost you anything and the odds are way better than lottery. i think northwestern did actually admit good number of people off their waitlist last year.</p>
<p>im in a similar situation.</p>
<p>i have 4 acceptances, 3 of which are safeties, and 4 waitlists, one of which is my top choice [northwestern]. it is very frustrating. i accepted spots on 2 of the waitlists, but will get ready to go to [most likely] villanova, the only non-safety that accepted me, but will pursue northwestern and will change directions if given the opportunity</p>
<p>Ah, this waitlist thing seems especially prevalent this year...</p>
<p>This might be a stupid question but.... are waitlist acceptances binding?</p>
<p>I've been waitlisted at Middlebury too and I'm waiting for the letter from Pomona. I really want to know how many people they waitlisted and if we have a chance at all.</p>
<p>somedumbnoob:as far as i know waitlists are not binding. heartless_tin: yeah i am curious as to how many people they offer the waitlist too. idk if its a good idea to call admissions and see how good of a chance i have at these schools or what.. gosh i just want to be accepted to one private!</p>
<p>michelofen not tryin to sound harsh but the huge waitlists nowadays are the fault of yourself and others like you, becuase you feel the need to apply to 3425734 schools</p>
<p>Yeah I'm on 2 waitlists already. A little disheartening.</p>
<p>A lot of people applied to colleges this year. And with Harvard and Princeton doing away with EA/ED, colleges don't really know what their yield will be this year. Which is why Harvard and Princeton, for example, plan to put a lot of people on the waitlist and use it to fill their classes. So don't give up hope—stay on those waitlists.</p>
<p>I don't feel that I have applied to a lot of schools. 7 US universities. Isn't that about average?
michelhofel, I'm not sure what to ask the admissions if I call them. 'What are my chances?' and they won't be able to answer that question anyway...I'm going to send a letter and anything possible to get off that waiting list.
sigh...</p>
<p>nope. Don't even worry about it! =)</p>
<p>It's a vicious cycle. Although it is people like us who perpetuate said cycle, if we didn't, the chances of us getting waitlisted would still be high. I, for one, would not like to attend CC.</p>
<p>Best to pick a true safety then.</p>
<p>MichaelHofen, have you made visits to those universities to which you applied? You may want to express you're sincere desire to attend your#1 choice by making a visit to the school and letting them know how very interested you are in attending their fine school. Make sure they know you are there, as you are hoping that you can come off their waitlist. That helped a friend's son a couple of years ago get off the waitlist and into his school of choice.</p>
<p>I've been waitlisted at all my RD schools thus far (Rice, Richmond, Vanderbilt). I got Denied at Hopkins. Honestly, I thought I had most of these schools in the bag... so I'm more dumbfounded than upset. I am into my two safties: Villanova and TUlane, but this year is so odd. Even my GC was shocked.</p>