Waitinglists Are Ridiculous.

Applying to College
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<p>Seriously, are they joking? I spent all this time WAITING on their decision and now they're going to make me wait longer. I could deal with one waitlist. I could deal with two waitlists. But three waitlists?! How am I supposed to make a decision when I'm weighing so many 'what ifs?!' </p>

<p>The best part is how straightforward they're being -- "Grant assistance may not be available to students we admit from the waiting list." "We are unable to offer you admission. However, we would like to offer you the opportunity to remain on our waiting list."</p>

<p>Yesss, I feel so privleged. I get to be second best! They might as well have said "If one of our better, more qualified students decides to accept their offer at Ivy U (because they're obviously getting in), then we'll deign to offer you a place in the class." </p>

<p>Why three waitlists? There has to be a better way to make me feel more mediocre. Maybe at school tomorrow - what a great day it will be - I can just have everybody ranked higher than me pile their acceptances in front of me. That should work.</p>

<p>And I'm really trying to be positive. Honestly, if you were talking to me about it I would tell you "I'm so lucky not to have been rejected anywhere! I'm oh for six when it comes to rejections!! A waitlist is more acceptance than rejection, anyway. It's basically the school saying 'Hey, we'd love to have you but unfortunately there just isn't enough room.'" But really, how much can one person take? THREE waitlists?! </p>

<p>I know there are some of you who have like five waitlists, and I really am sorry for going all diva on you. But I can't handle more waiting. There are just so many variables when it comes to waitlists -- would I accept this offer before the one I already have? What are the chances that I'll even get off of the waitlist? Do I really want to go somewhere that I've been labled as second best?</p>

<p>Not to mention I can't decide anything until I hear from my first choice. But after three waitlists, what are the chances that I'll even get into the uuber-reach I'm waiting on? So the mind games kick in: 'Well, X school is looking for something completely different from Y school.' 'I had a greatttt interview at Z school, and obviously W didn't see the real me.' It's all bull. The admissions process is a mind ****, and colleges can do basically whatever they want. And it's disgusting.</p>

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<p>and then the grinch's heart grew three times its normal size!</p>

<p>oh, no, wait, it didn't. it reduced class size. *^%#.</p>

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<p>I'm freeaking right there with you. I was waitlisted at 5 schools!!!!!: Middlebury, Haverford, Vassar, Wesleyan, and Hamilton. It's nice that I wasn't rejected and all but I'd almost rather be. Then I could realistically focus on deciding which school to send my deposit to. Is there even a reason to hope? And now I can't even relax school wise. I have to anxiously keep my grades up or improve, write a letter, and do homework not because I want to, but because I have to. For everyone else senioritis can finally set in, but not pour moi. And will my efforts ever even pay off? When? Where? No answers in sight. Could take till July as some of my letters have stated! AAAH! This sucks!</p>

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<p>GArghhaash. Hamilton here too, Daiea.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted at Vassar, Grinnell, and Colgate. Not accepting places on any of their stupid stupid lists- going to Bryn Mawr instead! So in the end, I reject them. It's been a very satisfying experience.</p>

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<p>I feel your pain...FOUR waitlists, waiting for my last decision tomorrow but I don't have high hopes.</p>

<p>Right now I've got: 3 Acceptances, 4 waitlists, 2 rejections.</p>

<p>Of the 3 acceptances-- one award letter is back and I can't afford it, one is my state U which is a good school but that i'm just not terribly interested in, and one is a good LAC that I have lukewarm feelings on (love the programs, not sure if I like the overall feel of the student body). </p>

<p>I just want that one acceptance where I can jump up and down and hug my parents, etc. I want to say "Gee, I'm SO happy to be in! Finally, all the hard work was worth it!!"</p>