In the past week I got waitlisted UCSB and Boston University. I have a ton of great options still, but I was a little surprised as my guidance counselor had told me UCSB was a most likely 50-50, and BU was a viable. He was shocked to find out I hadn’t been admitted to either. What are the odds of getting off the waitlist? Also is there anything in particular that explains why I might have been waitlisted?
Any insight you could give me would be great regarding the pool or things that might have stuck out in my application would be really helpful.
Info about my application:
ACT score: 30
Subject Tests: US History - 800
AP Scores: US History - 5, US Gov - 5
GPA: 3.97 UW, 4.24 W
Senior classes: AP Euro, AP World, AP Psych, AP Spanish, Honors Calculus, Honors English, Physics
Class Rank: school doesn’t rank
Gender: Female
State: NJ/ CA ----- my dad lives in Cali and I live there part time, so I am paying in-state prices (kind of a confusing matter, but basically they evaluated me as an in-state applicant.)
School type: rigorous private school
Income bracket: around 200,000
Hooks: none
LOR: strong (for BU)
Essays: strong (both)
Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis)
Tennis team - 3 years (captain and assistant coach)
School Charity Fashion Show for local elementary school - 4 years (chair) - around 200 hours/year
Camp counselor at overnight camp - 3 years - paid
Youth group (membership outreach chair)
Yearbook (editor)