<p>eh, really the reason we have such a big waitlist is that a large number of students on the waitlist choose to go elsewhere even if we take them off the waitlist (because they’ve already found somewhere else and sent in their deposit etc). </p>
<p>it is a big number. i realize that it seems annoying or pointless. then again, i was taken off the waitlist (not at MIT, but at my alma mater), and i wouldn’t have it be otherwise.</p>