<p>"How do you know that you missed by just a few applicants? They told you that?"</p>
<p>Yeah, basically. I knew they wouldn't divulge the information over the phone or in an email. So I showed up in person. And I was basically told that during a 'normal' year I would have been offered admission. </p>
<p>So I stayed in touch with their office throughout the process of the 'cuts' they made to the (already small) waitlist, and I was right there until the end.</p>
<p>Just no victory cigar.</p>