<p>Hi! </p>
<p>I was recently wait-listed at Bryn Mawr, and I was wondering how I could look better to the admissions people. My grades aren't stellar, but I'm a Post-Secondary (Seniors to Sophomores) student at a local university, and I'm doing fairly well in pretty hard classes. I have many extra-curricular activities, so it's not like I'm sitting on my butt watching Jersey Shore 24/7 and pouting because I didn't get in (I think that's the only reason I got wait-listed and not straight-up rejected, but that's beside the point...). :) I'm too far away for an interview (is it too late for one anyway?), too.</p>
<p>So I guess this is a plea to all you other wait-listed people--what did you do to get into your college (I'm particularly interested in Bryn Mawr stories, but any are helpful!)? Did you decide it wasn't worth it to wait, and are now really happy somewhere else? If you didn't get in, is there anything you would have done a bit differently to get an edge up? Is there any information you wish you'd known before you did wait? Is there anything else I haven't asked that you think I should know?</p>
<p>Thank you all so much in advance!!!</p>
<p>All you have to decide right now, is whether or not you would go to Bryn Mawr if you got of the waiting list and the aid package made it affordable. Yes, No.</p>
<p>Then of the places where you have been accepted, which is the one that works best for you? Accept that offer. Send the deposit.</p>
<p>Drop a note to Bryn Mawr indicating that you do (or don’t) want to remain on the waiting list. If you do want to remain, make it clear in your note that Bryn Mawr is your first choice, and that you hope they can squeeze you in.</p>
<p>The first round of acceptances off the waiting list will come out early in May, and further acceptances can continue through the summer. I do not know specifically about BMC, but every August there are threads here at CC with titles like “Off the waiting list at College A, but I’ve already met my roommate at College B, what do I do?” Only you can decide how long you are willing to stay on a waiting list.</p>
<p>One young person I know never got off the waiting list to her first choice school, but was admitted as a transfer after one year elsewhere. Another that I know decided to take the nearly full-ride scholarship to her second choice school and drop off the waiting list. Both of them have been very happy with their decisions.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>