Serious Question: How to get off transfer waitlist?

Transfer Students
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<p>Okay, I got waitlisted by my dream school and I want to do something positive to get off the waitlist. Lots of people say sending out 2nd semester transcript and additional letters. However the problem is I really feeling depressed this semester. I didnt function well academically. My GPA falls from 3.8ish to 3.2ish(2nd semester), and the commulative GPA is 3.4ish. Do you people think that'd be a dramatic fall? I dont want to make execuse but I did work relatively hard, although not as hard as I did last semester. I dont know what to do at the moment cuz I'm alreadly back to home, so I wont have a chance to talk about the grades with the professors; further more, literally my professors of this semester dont know me well alone with my transfer application, I dont think I could let them write letters on my behalf explaining the falling GPA. </p>

<p>I really suck now. Please help!!! I want to send the transcript but I'm so afraid it will only bring about negitive effects! What can I do??</p>

<p>One more quesiton: I dont know how trasnfer waitlist works like, will they pick students depending on the yield rate of admitted first-year and trasnfer students?</p>

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<p>i’m going to be frank with you,</p>

<p>that is a very significant downward trend and it will probably get you off the waitlist; but in a negative way. i would suggest not sending them in unless they ask for them. it doesn’t seem like you’d have any shot with that GPA considering your first semester one.</p>

<p>also, you’re correct in your assumption, it does all depend on how many spots are left open after the original yield is compiled.</p>