<p>Another waitlist here. But this is a better outcome than the rejection from Colorado. Maybe other WL last year who got off the WL can come in and share their experience?</p>
<p>My daughter was one of those accepted off the waitlist last year at W&L. I had my wife take her to Lexington to meet with Admissions within a few days of receiving her waitlist letter and let them know that W&L was her first choice and that she would definately attend if accepted off the waitlist. She received her acceptance letter within a week of her visit. Washington and Lee places much weight to an applicant’s desire to attend; they want kids who want them! Realize, however, that there is no financial aid available to those admitted off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Dukelewis, “there is no financial aid available to those admitted off the waitlist”, may I ask from which source did you get this?</p>
<p>I’m paraphrasing, but the letter from W&L Admissions stated “We are offering you a position in the Freshman class, however, this offer includes the condition that all fiinancial aid has been committed and you will not be eligible for any financial aid in the future.”</p>
<p>I also know someone from last year who was waitlisted, but was admitted before May 1.</p>
<p>D. accepted, although unfortunately with no merit or f. aid.</p>
<p>You are correct about the finacial aid off the Wait List. Typically, schools over-commit with aid dollars at Regular Decision (April 1). By late April they have an idea how much of their financial aid is going to be used (most of it typically). So the Wait List kids usually can afford to pay. They are businesses after all and can’t overextend themseleves too much financially or they will end up like Greece, bankrupt. Many scchools accept around 20% of the class off the WL these days so have hope.</p>
<p>National Merit Finalist son wait-listed. Probably has something to do with the fact that he’s home-schooled in a rural area so doesn’t have a ton of ECs. We’re getting used to the “Home-School Cooties” syndrome. 
He has been accepted at all his other schools, but most have not offered enough fin-aid. He has opted to attend the Honors College at a large state flagship that “buys” NMFs. It’s hard to say “no” to FREE. :)</p>
<p>Accepted 
Decision making is going to be hard. I love W & L</p>
<p>Do we get a physical letter mailed about our admission status, even if not accepted? I like reading letters before checking on line</p>
<p>D WaitListed</p>
<p>SAT (Cr 740; Math 730; Writing 750)
SAT II (Math II: 800; Math I: 790; Physics: 720)
Rank: 8/678
NMF
National Honor Society; much depth in ECs and in Leadership</p>
<p>Accepted, and with generous financial aid to boot.</p>
<p>2220 SAT
SAT II- 790 History 760 Literature
12/450</p>
<p>Clear focus and passion showed in essay and ECs</p>
<p>W&L is an amazing school and it’s an honor to be accepted, but I’m not sure if W&L is the right fit for me. I’ll have to attend the accepted students day and try to get a better idea of what life at W&L is like.</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>What others have said above is certainly true about W&L’s waitlist last year. Visiting and expressing STRONG interest to your admissions counselor may be key. And by that I mean: Honestly stating “If you admit me, I will come.” Remember, this school lives it’s Honor Code.</p>
<p>My daughter did that last year in early April during her spring break. They would not let her schedule an appt with her counselor (which still kinda torques me…), but we did the tour again and happened to catch that counselor in the admission’s office lobby, and had an informal chat in a side room. The counselor could not have been nicer, spent a half hour with her and took notes on a big legal pad. </p>
<p>About a week later she was admitted via a FedEx packet delivered on April 16th. Coincidence? Maybe. Pretty sweet because it was well before she needed to make a deposit elsewhere. She was able to go to admitted students’ day late in April (yes, another flight, another hotel charge, and this time days off from school, but hey, it’s a >$200,000 decision) and gave them a deposit before leaving campus. No regrets, she’s having a great year.</p>
<p>Maybe skyping would work, too? Something about that face-to-face pledge of interest, I think, might make all the difference.</p>
<p>Also, check out the Common Data Set pdf on W&L’s website (and any other schools you are considering) for accurate admissions data from last year. W&L admitted 111 first year students from their waitlist last year. No data on how many wait-listed students were accepted after they were offered spots, but the entire first year class is 471 students…It was a very strange year for many schools, though, with record numbers of applications, and the uncertain economy. Each year is unique.</p>
<p>Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Clariano, with those stats there must be something else afoot. W&L is selctive, but not to the point at which it would say ‘maybe’ to someone with that class rank and those scores. In fact, the avg SAT there is 1385 (old scale) and your son beat those handily. Class rank is outstanding. Did he take a lot of AP’s? That could be a case of not enough rigor even though strong grades. Also, any personal ‘incidents’ might casue a problem.</p>
<p>Also Clarino, did your D have an interview? W&L really likes kids to have them. If they can’t get to campus, they have a nationwide network of alumni who do them (they actually do the majority of them). With those stats, if she did not that is a reason to WL for them if she was accesible to an interviewer.</p>
<p>ah I was totally not expecting to get in, but I did!!! And they actually made it affordable… dreams do come true</p>