<p>I was waitlisted by Stanford. If I accept their offer to continue to be on the waitlist and am offered a place in the class of '12 off their waitlist, can I decline the offer? </p>
<p>Why? I might fall in love with another school May 5 when they tell me of their decision.</p>
<p>Does if matter if I respond to their waitlist question now or two weeks from now? (in regards to my chances of getting off the waitlist)</p>
<p>Although I’m in no way an expert on Stanford, this is what I understand in general:</p>
<p>Yes, you can accept a position on the waitlist, and then turn it down later. However, I think they usually want a very quick answer if they offer you a place, so it would be a good idea to lay down for yourself definite circumstances for accepting/denying it.
I don’t think answering later will harm you, but I guess it depends on Stanford’s way of doing things. But there are international applicants who won’t have had time to get the mail and reply by then, so I doubt it would make a difference.</p>
<p>And May 5th? Isn’t that really late?</p>
<p>Good luck with whatever you choose! =]</p>
<p>Thanks. Well, May 5 is when they said they will tell us if we got off the waitlist, which makes sense b/c admitted students have to respond by May 1, so that gives them a few days to figure out how many more spaces they have.</p>
<p>Ohhh, okay. I thought it was just a regular notification. It can never hurt to reply to Stanford now and then write back and withdraw if you want.</p>
<p>Well, good luck anyway!</p>