<p>should i write another essay? anyone else waitlisted? ):</p>
<p>I was waitlisted too (Stern). Any advice?</p>
<p>same…
wana cry</p>
<p>Add my name to the list…</p>
<p>Waitlisted. 8[</p>
<p>omg… im really shocked. I thought NYU was a match and I got waitlisted…</p>
<p>same here. im so sad i can’t even cry.</p>
<p>me too, but i read through the FAQs and they said no additional materials at all, that bugs them - so just respond to the form that they have and that should be it. lets hope we all get in!</p>
<p>but what should i write in the 500 characters thing? PLEASE PLEASE ACCEPT ME?</p>
<p>if we fill out the rsvp form and do luckily get accepted to nyu, do we have to go there? i mean what if the fin aid sucks and…
i dont know
this just shocked me</p>
<p>nope, you dont have to go there if your accepted off the waitlist</p>
<p>thanks @noodledance… i agree with you. so shocked/ sad…</p>
<p>Don’t submit another essay; they specifically said not to submit new material.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at NYU Gallatin and I have no idea what the acceptance rate is for that school. Wish I had an idea.</p>
<p>Sorry you got waitlisted. These decisions sometimes seem so arbitrary and capricious. Know that being waitlisted means the admissions department thought you were qualified for admission, it’s just that they had something like 30K applications, and can’t accept everyone who is qualified.</p>
<p>Some advice: absolutely send in your deposit for another school by their deadline to make sure you’re going to college somewhere good in the fall. Don’t expect to get in off the waitlist; if you do, that’s great. The waitlist is not binding in any way; if they contact you, you can always say thanks but no thanks. Many schools are now saying that they are NOT need blind when looking at applicants off their waiting list. I don’t know what NYU’s policy is.</p>
<p>Did NYU give you any sort of indication of how many students are on the waitlist and how many they took off the waitlist last year? You can always call and ask them. My son
got waitlisted at BC, and their letter was very nice and had useful info of that nature.</p>
<p>My son got accepted to NYU / CAS today. If he decides not to accept, I hope one of you gets his spot.</p>
<p>There is no 1 perfect school for you. I am sure each of you will end up having a great college experience wherever you end up.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m pretty down in the dumps right now, but I know I’ll get over it, with time.</p>
<p>2011MAMOM,</p>
<p>Nice post. I agree. Don’t count on the wait-list. Sorry, especially for the top-rated Stern program. However, that is not to say that you should give up entirely. (Some do get off the waitlist.) Use that 500 character opportunity to express yourself sincerely, succinctly, yet substantively to convey your desire to attend the specific school at NYU. Use your emotions (without being emotional) and let that dictate a well-written brief statement presenting your case to the Admissions people.</p>
<p>Fall 2008
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list… 1,864
Number accepting a place on the waiting list … 1,037
Number of wait-listed students admitted …543
Percent of Wait List Admitted 52.4%
Total Class Size… 4467
Percent of Class from Wait List 12.2%</p>
<p>Fall 2007
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list… 1,292
Number accepting a place on the waiting list …Not Published
Number of wait-listed students admitted …12
Percent of Wait List Admitted 0.9%
Total Class Size…4890
Percent of Class from Wait List 0.2%</p>
<p>Fall 2006
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list…1,402
Number accepting a place on the waiting list …Not Published
Number of wait-listed students admitted …84
Percent of Wait List Admitted 6%
Total Class Size…4707
Percent of Class from Wait List 1.8%</p>
<p>Fall 2005
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list…1,608
Number accepting a place on the waiting list …Not Published
Number of wait-listed students admitted …41
Percent of Wait List Admitted 2.5%
Total Class Size…4642
Percent of Class from Wait List 0.9%</p>
<p>Fall 2004
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list…2,078
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…Not Published
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…160
Percent of Wait List Admitted 7.7%
Total Class Size…4586
Percent of Class from Wait List 3.5%</p>
<p>Fall 2003
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list…1,987
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…Not Published
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…257
Percent of Wait List Admitted 12.9%
Total Class Size…4178
Percent of Class from Wait List 6.1%</p>
<p>Fall 2002
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list…2,138
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…Not Published
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…190
Percent of Wait List Admitted 8.9%
Total Class Size…4092
Percent of Class from Wait List 4.6%</p>
<p>Thank you for that message. It’s a bit of a relief to know you have (maybe) a 50% chance.</p>
<p>…However, that statistic seems to be limited to 2008 and it seems more like an anomaly rather than an consistent event.</p>
<p>Good luck to the ~5%+ that get off the waitlist and attend.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. on 18th birthday 
nyu was my #1 choice too
after seeing the stats of people who got accepted to CAS, i feel even worse because they’re pretty much the same as mine.</p>
<p>at least i was smart with my applications and got into Fordham. i know its a completely different school but i had a feeling i wouldn’t get into NYU and i really just want to live in NYC. as long as i go to a school that isn’t complete garbage i feel like being in the city can make up for it. especially since its the “real world” city education that i am most looking forward to. that being said, NYU was and still is my first choice and no amount of rationalizing/justifying is going to make this disappointment go away any sooner :/</p>
<p>i’ll try to hold on hope and i hope you, my fellow sufferers, manage to do the same. even though i can’t help but feel that this is worse in a way than outright rejection. we are still trapped in the admissions hell with no exit in sight. at least if i were rejected i could just get over it and move on as opposed to having it drawn out for another month at least.</p>
<p>that being said, i know i should be grateful that i at least still have a chance. </p>
<p>but God; how it hurts to be so close and yet so far :'(</p>