<p>How to get off Choate's waiting list? I love the school so much! What should I do in the following two months?</p>
<p>has anyone heard from choate today regarding waitlist?</p>
<p>i dunno, getting off waitlists is really hard....</p>
<p>it is not just really hard. It is impossible. Even if they closed the admission process with over-enrollment, they still want to have some students on the waitlist for them to prepare for the worst case of the worst case, which make students have some hope even if there is no hope.
Young students are getting frustrated. They do not care about students and they are just selfish thinking about themselves. Too bad!</p>
<p>It's definitely not impossible, and they definitely do care about their students! And although it's not common to get off a waiting list, some students have a number of schools to choose from and decline their acceptances to Choate.</p>
<p>I was wait listed last year when I applied for ninth grade, and I reapplied this year as a tenth grader and was accepted. So even if it doesn't work out, DEFINITELY try again, because it really pays off. When I went to visit, I spoke to several admission officers here and there and they told me the fact that I applied a second time really proved that I was determined.</p>
<p>I love the school too! Don't give up hope. Keep your grades up, and consider sending additional transcripts to Choate. And if it doesn't work out, apply next year!</p>
<p>I don't have any grade to upgrade cause my report cards have been perfect. My SSAT was 97% and I was very active in EC and the interview was very good. The person who interviewed me sent me an email saying that I would be a perfect fit at Choate. I believe I was waitlisted just because I am an Asian American even if I am a US citizen. I believe that one of the puposes of having interview is to check if the student is Cocasian or Asian. If that is true, then it is a racial discrimination.</p>
<p>One of my son's classmates was removed from the Choate waitlist yesterday. He's been given till friday (4/18) to reply. I spoke with his mother and she said that they gave them considerably less financial aid than the school to which they committed on april 10th. They weren't asked to submit any grades, further recommendations, etc. Ironically enough my son was accepted to Choate, turned it down- attending Blair, and his classmate gets offered a spot. I guess it's random luck. On the other hand perhaps they needed another URM from our geographic region with a similar profile.</p>
<p>Choate does not racially discriminate. They represent roughly 46 states and 23 countries--they are very enthusiastic about diversity, which anyone can see upon visiting the campus.</p>
<p>Erkybk, don't be such a grouch. They interview you to check your social skills. They want to speak with you to get a sense of who you are, your articulation, your curiosity, or whether you're simply a robot. A man that interviewed me for Hotchkiss said to me that a kid can be the greatest student in the world, volunteering all their time, perfect grades, seemingly flawless, and still not get accepted. This goes for any school. It could be about geographic distribution: they could feel they have too many student from one region. Perhaps they choose a student who plays to obo as opposed to the violin, because they don't have any obo players. I don't know. The point is, it's not a matter of being good enough. It's clear that you are. It's the luck of the draw. Keep your head up and don't come to stupid conclusions!</p>
<p>Erkybk -- I have heard several stories about applicants being told that they were a perfect fit and then getting rejected or put on the waitlist. The most competitive schools have more (many more!) qualified applicants than they have places for them. The other stories I've heard were about Caucasians. One girl refused to apply to any other schools because she believed that she was in this top school based on what admissions told her. On March 10th she got waitlisted.</p>
<p>erkybk, i have to agree with burb parent. i know of some qualified african american guys who got rejection letters from places like deerfield, exeter and milton. one black girl i know got waitlisted at a prep that we all talk about here. this surprised the family because her brother is a star student athlete at the school. i dont think it was skin color but the fact that her brother is getting lots of FA and she needed it too. there were just tons of applicants and not enough slots. believe me, i am glad to have a place next year.</p>
<p>your report card was perfect, ssat score was a 97, and you sound very adept in your ec's. i have to wonder why they wouldn't pick you, erkybk</p>
<p>Another factor to consider besides ethnicity is where you live. Even if you are an Asian American, if you live somewhere like United Arab Emirates, or Portugal, or some other country of residence that is under represented at Choate, then they will be interested in you as enrolling you will boost their diversity numbers.</p>
<p>I am not suggesting you to tell your parents to move to a new country just so you can attract admissions attention.</p>
<p>It's true....if you were building a car, you wouldn't need an extra wheel, if you've already got 4. Maybe Choate had plenty of kids with perfect grades and super-high SSAT's. Maybe they needed an athlete for one of their teams, and someone applied with decent SSAT's and grades who fit the bill. Maybe they needed a dancer, an artist, etc. It's all about components to create the whole.</p>
<p>Try PMing Olivia- she got off of Choate's waitlist last year.
Good luck :]</p>
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I have heard several stories about applicants being told that they were a perfect fit and then getting rejected or put on the waitlist.
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We were one of those. Not at Choate, but at another school. It happens all the time.</p>
<p>Those of you on the waitlist, if you really want to go to Choate, you should hang in there if you can. As time passes more people will drop off the waitlist because they have to make a commitment to another school. If you can continue to hang in there you will have a greater chance of being offered a place if one opens up.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you periodically contact the school to check in (not every day or every week though). Let them know that you really want to go to Choate and that you would immediately accept a spot if one opens up. </p>
<p>I don't want to give you false hope because the odds are against you - but people do get in off waiting lists so it is not impossible.</p>
<p>Also erkybk - I know you are disappointed, but Choate has a lot of Asian students. You may be correct that it is tougher to get in if you are Asian. I've heard this is particularly true if you are a foreign student. But this is because boarding schools want a diverse student body. Unfortunately there seems to be a disproportionately large number of high achieving academically gifted Asian students applying to BS. Since the schools want to maintain a diverse student body and not have 40% of the students be gifted Asian cello players it can seem unfair.</p>
<p>For waitlisted kids, the next movement is when a big tuition bill is due -call your school and find out when that date is. Most schools only require a deposit that is not refundable if you leave, however, at the beginning of the summer, parents become financially committed for the entire tuition, even if you don't go. Most parents are not willing to pay an entire year of tuition for the chance to go to a "better" school. By that time, schools know for sure who they need -after that, I would think there would be very little movement on the lists.</p>