<p>Kiwi_strawbree, did you mention that you were applying to Yale and Dartmouth? If you did, I don't think that they necessarily thought you wouldn't get into those schools. Maybe through your application, you showed a high interest in Carleton which led to your to your acceptance. Congratulations btw.</p>
<p>Thanks. Yeah, I did mention them, but Carleton was definitely higher on my list than either of them. Maybe they could tell?</p>
<p>CRAP, I just got waitlisted too!!. Got waitlisted and Wustly also arrggg. Carleton's not my top pic so its cool. Washington was one of em.</p>
<p>I take that back. Careleton was one of my topics.</p>
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<p>Who said anything abotu Carleton being inferior?? He simply is saying that he believes Carleton is less selective. Don't equate selectivity with inferiority!!!! He never made that connection! You did:)</p>
<p>Just so you know, Carleton is not a safety for anyone. Much like Davidson, they can be really unpredictable in their acceptances. And a college application isn't all about grades and scores. You may not have been a good fit for the college. Carleton has it's own personality and it's possible that you just weren't the kind of person that would fit in.</p>
<p>waitlisted too. i'm gonna be haunted for the rest of my life. NOT. especially when i have a williams acceptance waiting for me to reply to:)</p>
<p>i got waitlisted...it feels like a rejection
"In 2004 there were 8 accepted from the wait list of 273. In 2003 there were 8 accepted from the wait list of 272." these numbers are very discouraging!!!
carleton was in my top 3 but i had no definite #1 so i'm bummed because either i can forget about it or essentially make it my first choice by putting additional time and effort into convincing them i really want it...and i do and i know i could be happy there but im worried that ill put so much into it emotionally but probably still wouldnt make it off the wait list...this sucks</p>
<p>I was waitlisted, and I am severely disappointed. My stats/essays/etc were very good, I felt, and I really, really loved Carleton (it was my second choice). Since I live in New Orleans, getting to campus for a visit wasn't exactly an easy thing, and I couldn't visit anywhere this fall because house, school, etc were all wiped out by Katrina, so my family wasn't in the financial situation to spend money on plane tickets to a school where I wasn't even accepted yet. Maybe I should have explained this to them? I did list the other schools to which I applied, BUT I listed Carleton as my National Merit school. I figured that would clue them in, but...guess not. :(</p>
<p>carleton was my national merit first choice too, you would THINK that would give us an edge up!</p>
<p>hey hey peeps, im still gloating so im gonna spit this out: I was accepted to Carleton on Sat and I think it helped that I mentioned that it one of my top choices in my interview, and that i visited the school. But I was waitlisted at Vassar today. Go figure. Ah, well, I guess I don't want to be around a bunch of pot smoking feminists anyways...</p>
<p>Wait, you had an interview? Did you do an on campus one?</p>
<p>Add me on that huge waitlist list. Still deciding whether or not to remain there though...</p>
<p>Is anybody but myself a little frustrated that Carleton put "Wait List" as two separate words and capitalized it? And how they said if we had applied a few years ago, our odds would've been higher of being accepted?</p>
<p>Anyway, my stats weren't that great. Two C's (GPA 3.3 UW end of last year), 2030 SAT and my essay was partially last minute. :o While I feel a little happy that they didn't outright reject me because of my past, the timing kind of sucks because I also got a waitlist letter from Mount Holyoke on Friday. Grrr.</p>
<p>For someone who asked, my letter was posted March 22nd and reached me March 27th. As an intel overseas, that's impressive.</p>
<p>yup on campus</p>
<p>I was waitlisted as well, and I left the "what other schools did you apply to" question blank on all my applications, so I doubt that's a factor.
I think for me at least, when I first started applying to colleges and everything, hearing acceptance rates like 40%, or even 20% didn't faze me at alll, beacuse I'm used to being in the top 2 or 3% of things academically (high school). But you have to realize that pretty much everyone applying to Carleton (and simliar schools) is in that top 2-3% from their high school--it's a paradigm shift.</p>
<p>i got waitlisted too.. my stats are rather good.. carleton was the 2nd on my list.. so i am terribly disappointed.. im an international student and got the letter today..</p>
<p>Has anyone considered the fact that Carleton is, at least partially, need-sensitive in their admission decisions? (They accept only 85% of their class need-blind; the remaining 15% is admitted on a need-sensitive basis.)</p>
<p>I got waitlisted today..... so disappointed.....
Carleton was one of my tops choices........ (sigh)</p>
<p>I got waitlisted too... </p>
<p>looks like they've put a lot of people on the waitlist... Are you guys staying on the waitlist? Also, is it better to snail-mail or email them our request to stay on the list?</p>
<p><em>nods</em> Waitlisted too. Got letter today.</p>