<p>Considering that some will be receiving wait list notices shortly, a question... </p>
<p>How have others handled "Wait Listed" for their first choice? If you have an admission letter in hand from another good school has a commit deadline of May 1st, and schools will not be able to project how many can be pulled in off the waitlist until after May 1st, there seems to be a great risk in holding out until mid May and letting other decent options expire.</p>
<p>Any thoughts on this... or experiences with the same?</p>
<p>God, I am dreading the waitlist, to be quite honest with you. I was recently waitlisted at Johns Hopkins, and I can’t imagine such an outcome for Princeton or Yale. It would be such a tough choice, seeing as they are my dream schools (but especially Princeton). I’m really interested in hearing the experiences of others on this subject as well.</p>
<p>Well, you make it sound as if to stay on the Waitlist, you have to say “No” to every other school. You’re supposed to pick a school since, you know, you could possibly NOT get taken off the Waitlist.</p>
<p>First, you commit to another school that you have been accepted to. You don’t have to wait until May to do that. If you are ultimately accepted off of Princeton’s wait list and you still want to attend then you notify the school with your deposit of your decision.</p>
<p>Then you call Princeton and find out how many people they have put on their wait list. You look up the statistics from years past to see how many people they typically accept from the wait list, (last year it was very few if memory serves). Then you take a honest look at the odds to decide how much more emotional energy you should invest in going to Princeton. If they typically don’t accept many and their wait list contains thousands, well, you can do the math.</p>
<p>So, based on that, why WOULDN’T a person stay on the waitlist? Except the obvious reason that he/she was already accepted at a school that was more preferable. Or is that the only reason?</p>
<p>neon: you need liquor if you get accepted too! Celebrate! or drink your sorrows away. alcohol is a cure-all!</p>
<p>Also, are you a boy or a girl? originally ithought you were a boy b/c of the military stuff, but then i saw the baking stuff and i thought you were a girl.</p>
<p>speaking of gay, if you need some entertainment, you should youtube the sassy gay friend videos that show what would have happened in various shakespeare plays if the female characters had had a flaboyantly gay sassy friend.</p>
<p>Hi guys - I got waitlisted by Princeton last night, and rejected by everywhere else (including some places far less competitive than Princeton). Does anyone know roughly what the odds are like for students put on the waitlist? I’m an international student, and I’ve got no idea if there’s a .1% chance I get in, or a 40% chance, or what. Obviously, it’s going to vary year to year, but a ballpark figure would be much appreciated. I’ll email Princeton, but they probably won’t want to commit.</p>
<p>I know I’m repeating myself but when you email or call don’t ask them what your chances of being accepted off the wait list, ask them how many people they put on their wait list. They’ll commit to that information. Then do some research and find out how many people have gotten off the wait list in previous years and then you’ll have a rough idea of the odds you face.</p>