<p>Oh, yeah, one more thing: they wouldn’t waive the “no-gap-year-for-waiting-list-kids” rule.</p>
<p>Take Wellesley over Vassar. What is she doing during the gap year? She is in a good spot. There is no down side here. What an amazing DD you have.</p>
<p>Good call, Braveone. Your daughter will love Vassar. Mine does. Wellesley is a great school, but not for everyone. Even though the schools have a similar history (until 1969) today they are very different places with different cultures and academic strengths. If your daughter is a better fit at Vassar, it’s smart of you to embrace it and enjoy the great years that are about to begin at a wonderful school.</p>
<p>Do you think all the waitlist decisions have been released? Is it too late to send an update?</p>
<p>3Leaf: It can’t hurt to send an update. When we visited last week, the admissions officer said they are “continuing” to take waitlist students. My feeling was that last week’s wouldn’t be the last batch.</p>
<p>Do it. D turned down wait list offer yesterday so there’s at least one slot floating around. Good luck and congrats to all!</p>
<p>Another week past and still no email. Anybody hearing anything?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard a thing either.</p>
<p>Hi guys, just sharing but…</p>
<p>I GOT IN. The person in the email said they’re notifying a number of people this week (it specifically said “Vassar is going to offer a handful of spaces to students on our waiting list this week”) so some of you may be getting the same email I got</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone still waiting, and I hope you get to break down sobbing with joy like I am right now.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Fosicle! If anyone deserved it, based just on the expressed passion of knowing what you want, it was you. And good luck to all.</p>
<p>I really want to go to vassar and im trying to get off the waiting list too!! did you guys/gals just wait for the notice or did you send them anything in particular in addition to your application?</p>
<p>D sent a very short letter expressing her strong interest, with copy of an award she had recently gotten. Send them something short and sweet, if there’s something new. It’ll make you stand out, as long as it’s measured, not over-the-top. You’ve got nothing to lose.</p>
<p>I sent a letter basically begging them to let me in, with a list of things I had done since sending in my app and my senior grades etc. They specifically say not to bombard them with emails and communications, and to appear intelligent even in your passionate pleas for love. There was an article in the New York Times or something like that last year about dealing with being waitlisted, and Vassar was quoted saying that they hated continuous communication and hated when people wrote to them just saying
“I love you i love you i love you i love you”
Which is what I was tempted to do, but luckily did not do. As you can see I did freakish amounts of research for this, so if you have questions I’d be glad to try to answer. Good luck to all!!</p>
<p>and thank you by the way 
I think everyone that’s passionate about a school (and basically meets the requirements) deserves to get in.</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the NY Times article on waiting lists:</p>
<p><a href=“On the Waiting List, Some College Applicants Try a Little Dazzle - The New York Times”>On the Waiting List, Some College Applicants Try a Little Dazzle - The New York Times;