Radical proposal--no rejections

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<p>Don’t colleges already have pretty large wait lists?</p>

<p>[College</a> wait lists grow as schools hedge bets on enrollment numbers](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051403691.html]College”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051403691.html)</p>

<p>[Waiting</a> Lists Have Plenty of Company - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/waiting-list-2011/]Waiting”>Waiting Lists Have Plenty of Company - The New York Times)</p>

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But just because a school gives a lot of waitlist love to students at the outset, doesn’t necessarily mean it will accept more from that list at the end. Still, some college advisers say they’re seeing more of their students get in off the waitlists than in the past. “With students sending out more applications that means there are more schools they can’t attend,” says Sally Rubenstone, senior adviser at College Confidential. “Which means more use of the waitlist.”
But, other college counselors warn students against postponing plans and pinning their hopes on a Hail Mary pass of making it off the waitlist. “It is hard to see what the difference is from a denial if you have 2,000 students on the waitlist,” says Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, a non-profit in Washington, D.C. “Realistically, that probably means nothing other than a no.” Or, as David Montesano, admissions strategist at College Match U.S., likes to put it: “A lot of schools will waitlist legacy kids or VIP kids as a courtesy. It’s also a no, but a nice way of saying no.”

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<p>[More</a> Students Put on College Waitlists, Stay in Limbo a Year or More - The Daily Beast](<a href=“More Students Put on College Waitlists, Stay in Limbo a Year or More”>More Students Put on College Waitlists, Stay in Limbo a Year or More)</p>