Waislited at my top school choices

I’m in a very serious predicament and desperately need help. Currently I’m a high school senior and applied to many art schools. I was accepted into otis which was my 4th choice with a scholarship but it’s not really where I want to go. I was waitlisted to SAIC and Pratt. I’m trying to figure out which options are best for my situation. SAIC gives the option of remaining on the waitlist for fall 2019 and accepting spring 2019 admission if I don’t get off the waitlist but I haven’t been able to find someone who started late to SAIC in spring semester. Likewise, I’m on the waiting list for Pratt Institute but there’s also the PrattMWP route but I’m still wary. If anyone could please give me some advice or information to learn more about these options I’d very much appreciate it.

Stay on the wait list but have you checked whether the schools are even affordable? (You should NOT take on debt for art school).
What about your flagship university’s college of art?
If push comes to shove, you have two options

  1. take a gap year. Work, get experience - experience that you’ll convert into art. Keep creating (enroll in community Education courses just for structure - NOT community college since you’d lose your freshman status) in August apply to your state flagship’s art college if you have a good enough portfolio and grades.
  2. early May there’s a list of colleges that miscalculated yield. Apply to a few of those.

Of course there’s always the option of community college but it’s often suboptimal for art. (depends on the cc but most are geared toward academics or technical Education, not art).