Priority Waiting List- Wrong Dates

Colleges and Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>A basic timeline:
April 11th- submit waiting list reply form
May 1st- General Candidate's Reply Date
May 6th- they let you know about their decision, apparently with enough time before the general candidate's reply date.
June 1st- regular waiting list admission decision date.</p>

<p>Anyone notice a rather glaring issue with the timeline they provided?
If I wanted to protect myself and secure a place at another university, I would have to then give up my deposit there later on if I found out I got in.</p>

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<p>That’s how all waitlists work…</p>

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<p>A lost deposit is the cost of being on any wait list. There is a cost to everything.</p>

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<p>Oh. Well, thanks! I had never even considered the possibility of a wait list, so I guess that never occurred to me.</p>

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<p>Just make sure you do deposit at another university by May 1 as most waitlists are long shots…there is no way for a school to know if they will need to go to their waitlist to fill their freshman class until after the May 1 replies from regular admits.</p>

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<p>If I choose to be on the priority waiting list, is it binding? </p>

<p>Also, the website says 'We encourage all students to communicate continued interest in Carnegie Mellon in the form of a written statement.This statement cannot be edited at a later date and must be submitted at the time of your Waiting List Reply Form submission." Do we submit this letter in a separate email to admissions? </p>

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<p>So if I get admitted through PWL and then I pay the deposit, can I still decide not to go?</p>

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<p>You can always decide not to go…no deposit or waitlist is binding…just don’t double deposit…that’s not a good thing…</p>

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<p>S was PWL’ed at SCS, and submitted the Waiting List Reply Form, but he forgot to include a written statement. Does anyone know if there is an email address that he can send his written statement to? Any AO who is managing WL at SCS?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>You can still submit the writing. Just log on, save changes, and then you will see the option. You can do anything until April 11 or something.</p>

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<p>nvm</p>