<p>Hey guys, one of my friends just got waitlisted as an instate applicant at Rutgers which is kind of confusing considering he has been accepted to a more competitive school -- Penn State (main campus). He really wants to attend Rutgers so is there anything that he can do, or must he just hope that he gets off the waitlist?? Thanks.</p>
<p>stats:
1850 SAT
3.3 GPA (approx I think)</p>
<p>tell him to send in maybe one more teacher rec!! I promise and tell him to keep on tryin to update the office with more grades</p>
<p>Wow. I had a friend who got in Rutgers - New Brunswick with a 2.6 GPA and 1860 SAT back in 2007. He was not even on waitlist and he was an out of state. He considered rutgers his reach! Ironically he was rejected by Stony which he believes he would get in. I guess colleges these days do not accept their state residents. It should be noted that non-state residents pay more. Could be the $.</p>
<p>anyone else? maybe he can call the admission office and mention his acceptance to a more competitive school (PSU)?</p>
<p>PSU is not that much more competitive than RU and for any one person anything can happen. Saying he got into PSU would carry no weight at all. At least he has a good choice. Few people get in with a 2.6 and being OOS helps at RU as they want more.</p>
<p>I wish that was the case for U-mich. I'm gonna be paying full out-of-state tuition, but right now I'm wishing I get in.</p>
<p>I agree that another rec letter will probably boost his chances and remind the Admissions panel he's still interested. I can't believe he got into Penn and not Rutgers, but it may be a case where they had a number of in state applicants with similar backgrounds and he got lost in the shuffle. Another letter will certainly not hurt, and maybe it will make them realize their folly.
Good luck with that!!</p>
<p>Correction: </p>
<p>Penn State**</p>
<p>(If he had gotten into UPenn and not Rutgers I'd be infinitely more confused.)</p>
<p>I would also say to get another rec letter. I had a slightly similar situation last year in high school. I got outright rejected to Rutgers, I was in the top 4% of my class and SATs in the Middle 50%, i was in-state and my father went to school there. I got into almost every other school i applied to, including uconn, and i also got waitlisted at Wake Forest. I second what RacPaime says, it may just be the number of in-state candidates with similar records, but the rec is a good idea.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>