<p>Does anyone know when we hear from Wash U for the waitlist decision?</p>
<p>and is there anything I can do to increase the chance of getting admitted?
like writing a letter to them, or anything??</p>
<p>and Is there any way to find out how much chance I have?</p>
<p>oh yeah :( additional advice neededdddddd</p>
<p>Wash U and Michigan are the only school that I really wanted to go and I got waitlisted from both of them ......</p>
<p>I applied Penn State and SUNY Buffalo for safety.. I gotta make decisions
what would you guys prefer?? Thing is tho that I am an international student
and I live in Erie right now, so Buffalo is really good location for me so I can visit Erie pretty easily</p>
<p>and Penn State... I applied here really late, so I couldn't get admissions from Universit Park but Harrisburg...
So that kinda blows... ANY OPINION PLEASE :(</p>
<p>really u need to chill about wash u, i'm waitlisted too and completely put it out of my mind. waitlist varies a lot each year. i think u will hear from them in mid-may and definitely before june.</p>
<p>right now u should focus on the schools u got in, narrow down which one to pay the deposit.</p>
<p>policies change every year, but i heard a lot of ppl from my school got waitlisted at wash u. in the end about everyone got accepted, however only 3 actually went there.</p>
<p>I don't think I agree with snowyx1535. Its good to not stress about it she migh want to consider
1. send a letter to the dean of admissions expressing you desire to attend
2. send any new info(activities that took place between december and current)
3. get new recs(try to go beyond just teachers)
4. keep in contact with the office by asking questions but don't annoy them
5. maybe try to find a creative way to get their attention and set yourself apart
6. Have respectable people call the admission office(principle, teacher, or alumni) and ask them to reconsider. Between me and you this may go into "annoying the committee" terriotory. I'm going to contact my counselor and ask if it actually helps or simply annoys them. </p>
<p>I should say that everything above is just stuff I've heard around so you should probably ask your counselor or someone whose gone through the process.</p>
<p>Hey, Daniel just wondering, is it better to address it to general "admission officers" or to a specific person like "the director of international recruitment"? thx =D</p>
<p>I don't really know but I would guess that addressing the letter to "Dean of Admissions" or "The Director of Internation Recruitment(assuming this is internation version of Dean of Admissions)" couldn't hurt. Remmember that on the off chance he actually reads it you should pay him special respect and keep the letter formal.
I would also guess that any additional documents should be best sent to "Office of Admissions"</p>
<p>Our waitlisted daughter called a professor (to re-express her interest) that she had met and who had told her that he "recommended" her to the Admissions Office. But though it's been a few weeks, the professor still hasn't called back. Our D also called the Admissions Office but was told that they were busy and didn't have time to take her name and that no decisions on the waitlist would be made until after May 1. </p>
<p>Considering the recent announcement of cutting back on enrollment, I don't see any rainbows hovering over the waitlist.</p>
<p>I am surprised that the professor did not call back - I would try to call him again. As for the admissions office, I can only imagine how busy they are right now. This is crunch time for processing acceptances. Obviously they can not make any WL decisions untill they have a final count on acceptances, which are due by May 1. My understanding is that they will begin looking at the WL after they have an idea of what the next freshman class looks like based on May 1 acceptances. Initial acceptances this year were already reduced to reflect the proposed reduction in undergrad numbers. Unless they have another spike in acceptances, like last year, the intention was to use the WL this year. At that point it becomes the fine tuning of filling in the missing spaces.</p>