<p>Anybody on the same boat as me? I actually got wait-listed with extremely low stats(which is why I was thrilled to be wait-listed instead of rejected). I have a 3.6 GPA and a 2100 SAT. I'm pretty sure my passionate essays, extracurricular activities, and music supplement made up for my stats though. So my question is how do they pick off the wait-list who gets admitted if everyone in this pool is so close? I'm scared that they will look at my application again and only see the "numbers" and wonder why in the world they didn't just reject me the first time. I really want to go to U of Chicago! Best of luck to all those wait-listers out there. :)</p>
<p>Hi. I’m in a similar situation. SAT: 2160. IB: 40/45 (Predicted) I thought my essays were pretty well written and engaging, but I am still very nervous about my chances of getting off the waitlist. I have heard that they will look at keeping their initial composition of the class, so let us say that there were a couple of people from a certain geographic location that did not accept their places, this will lead the adcoms to look for someone to potentially fill that gap. However, I am sure that a lot more than just geographics goes into the decision of taking someone off the list… All we can do is hope for the best.</p>
<p>^^After May 1st, they see how many athletes/violinists/SAT2400, etc, from geographical region A they need and they accept the best person in the WL that fits all the requirements, if they do not have one among the WL pool they move to the next person in line who represents the majority of the traits they are looking. It is not just pure numbers at this phase. May be they need 10 extra CAs, or 2 debate stars, or had a low yield among women and need to increase the number of women in the class. The probability that you will be pulled from the WL is easy to predict if your traits are over represented among the average student class. For UC for example, if you are from IL and surrounding states you will have a very small chance to be admitted than if you were from southwest. Just look at the class profile for the last five years, whatever info has been released for this year and you can get a general idea of your probabilities. Just make sure that you send your deposit by May 1st to a school that you can afford and be willing to spend the next 4 years because at the end everything is lack.</p>
<p>Would they ever pick someone from the waitlist based on his or her race? For example, lets say come May 1st UChicago realizes they don’t have enough Hispanic students, would they go to the waitlist and pick out a Hispanic student?</p>
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<p>No. They definitely would not.</p>
<p>Most schools try to replace the applicant that rejected admission, so it really depends on luck.</p>
<p>WhatsaUsername, yes they will. If you notice the class profile at the top schools, the distribution of each hook group is similar. I do not have to run any statistical formula to demonstrate that this does not happen by accident every year.</p>