<p>Congrats on UofC. Sometimes those waitlists pay off. My niece found out she was off the waitlist for law school at Michigan about four weeks before the start of classes. And she couldn’t be happier. I’m sure it will be the same for your son.</p>
<p>Is he going to wrestle? (I grew up in a town known for its wrestling teams, so I have a soft spot for the sport.) Good luck to him!</p>
<p>I’m surprised Chicago went to their WL already. It’s only April 8. Hmmm.</p>
<p>Techfall and OP (and son): CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is wonderful news. Wince away (you have company in that). </p>
<p>Congratulations to your son!</p>
<p>OP, one of my kids went to UChicago and the other agonized over it til 8 pm on May 1st. Feel free to PM me. Chicago has been overenrolled the past couple of years – I’m surprised they’ve gone to the WL already, too.</p>
<p>Re: Bowdoin and Carleton – my 2290, 3.56 UW, 4.25 W, full IB, 11 AP kiddo was waitlisted at both.</p>
<p>Other schools he considered back then: UMD-CP (accepted into Scholars w/merit), Georgetown (rejected), Swarthmore (rejected), URochester (accepted with merit), Tufts (attending), Syracuse, American, GWU, Haverford, Macalester, Claremont McKenna, Boston Univ., Brandeis. Seems like half of New Jersey is at UMD or UDel.</p>
<p>Thanks. He is going to wrestle. Needless to say he is thrilled, as are we.</p>
<p>Elliemom, Congrats to your niece! DH applied to eight law schools back in the day and was accepted at two, rejected at two, waitlisted at four. He got off two waitlists in June. Made life interesting, as we were married and if we were relocating, I needed to find a job pronto since I would be our sole support!</p>
<p>I just want to say thanks to everyone who helped us through this…I have definitely learned a lot, which will help us when my younger son is getting ready to apply, including:</p>
<ol>
<li>Make the application list deep rather than broad, with different levels.</li>
<li>Include all different types and sizes of schools.</li>
<li>As parents, be very involved in the process.</li>
<li>Communicate more with the GC.</li>
</ol>
<p>FWIW, I have no idea why we found out about the WL so early, we are as surprised as anyone. I can tell you that my son emailed, called, and wrote anyone he could to indicate his desire to attend. He also had multiple additional awards that he was able to add to his application.</p>
<p>This has been a stressful, but important, learning experience. It has become a crazy process! From reading various people’s posts, there are many instances where kids get in to schools that are more competitive than others that they get rejected from, and it is often very hard to see why a particular kid gets in at a school when another, with just as (or more) stellar statistics does not. It makes it very hard to reconcile the whole process. The only thing you can hope for is that every kid’s journey ends up being the right one for him or her. I feel sorry for kids today that they have to go through this. I wish all the parents on here the best for their DSs and DDs.</p>
<p>What a great ending! So happy for you! </p>
<p>Congratulations on University of Chicago, and wrestling too! Chicago is one of those few universities that can hold their own with the Ivies (in fact, is better than at least a couple of the Ivies).</p>
<p>Cheers! :D/ </p>
<p>Glad it worked out… but it seems highly unusual for a school to admit from the wait list until after finding out (after May 1) that its yield is too low.</p>
<p>Congratulations! :)</p>
<p>A wonderful conclusion to an unhappy saga! I hope this bodes well for other students and parents who are waiting on the waitlists.</p>
<p>Congratulations! Great news!</p>
<p>parents of happy UChicago wrestler! I love a happy ending!</p>
<p>I hope this thread becomes a beacon to other applicants. For your son, the ending great, but I hope others learn from your experience.</p>
<p>Ucb, a family friend of ours got off the JHU waitlist on April 3 a few years ago. Chicago has admitted off the waitlist in April in recent years. Not many, though. Good for the OP’s son for sending updates. We have personal experience with coaches who said my S’s numbers were good enough to get in via regular admissions, so they would not use a tip for him. Contacting the coach and admissions likely helped this applicant. </p>
<p>mlkkoenig: Congrats on the UChicago acceptance. Your list of lessons is right on. The only thing I might add is: Get advice from CC parents early in the process. The wealth of info here is amazing, and we could probably help build a good list for your younger son. </p>
<p>Thanks for the kind words. Not sure if some people either think we are making it up, or did something funny?? Whatever, we are happy and can’t be brought down with such negativity.</p>
<p>I think everyone is happy with the good outcome. it’s really great both for your older child… and the younger one, who will probably avoid the anguish his big brother went through! :)</p>
<p>congrats on the Chicago acceptance! </p>
<p>(Who cares why the school went to the waitlist early?)</p>