<p>Hi...
how does waitlist work?
they send you a letter telling you that you're waitlisted...
but when do they tell you if you're officially accepted?</p>
<p>do they tell you after April when you're supposed to finish making all decisions? if so, what if you got accepted elsewhere? so say you got waitlisted at your first choice, but accepted at your second choice... what would you do?</p>
<p>If you don't get off the waitlist at your first choice school before a deposit is due at your second choice school, you'll need to pay the $$ to school #2 to reserve your spot. IF you then get in to your #1 school, you'll lose your $$ at school #2 if you decide to go to #1.</p>
<p>so then you'd loose alot of money...</p>
<p>hope that doesnt happen to me!</p>
<p>You can write it off on you taxes and a gift to the school.</p>
<p>You dont only lose the money, you sign a contract also. You would be liable to pay the tuition for the WHOLE next year.</p>
<p>Not if you purchase tuition refund insurance!</p>
<p>I know a student who was waitlisted. Her father made a large donation and she was accepted instantaneously.</p>
<p>What school?</p>
<p>Choate</p>
<p>(ten char</p>
<p>How large a donation?</p>
<p>UGH ! That's a quid pro quo situation. Might as well be a bribe!</p>
<p>Honestly when I hear stuff like that it makes me LESS willing to send my son to BS. I don't want to pay a lot of money just so he can go to a prestigious place where the rich are educated. I really want it to be about the best qualified kids getting the best education.</p>
<p>That's not real life though, in bs or ivies.</p>
<p>Of course it is a bribe! That's what our system is built on! What do you think lobbyists do? The American way!</p>
<p>Yah... annoying. She scored in the 40's on her SSAT's and was a Straight B- student...</p>
<p>Wow I wonder how she did once she was there grade wise...</p>
<p>She was mostly a D and C student.</p>
<p>Benevolent aren't you exaggerating (or joking). How was she even wait-listed in the first place? Did her father give a donation before too?</p>
<p>No, totally true. She was a very good athlete though.</p>
<p>She must have been some field hockey player.</p>
<p>Guys like that have been getting into boarding schools for years. A. They are impact athletes B. They are people of color, C. they are usually on full FA. D. The BS makes them repeat their Freshman, Sophomore, or whatever year so they will succeed academically.</p>
<p>I think a donation by the father is wrong, but think of the more deserving kids that these inner city guys and gals have been edging out for all these years that don't have to repeat a grade to suceed. Isn't that wrong also?</p>
<p>I'm kind of being the Devil's advocate here, because I believe the best is whatever the school needs at the time. If they need the athlete... go for it, if they need the $$ at that point in time shouldn't they be able to go for that too? Take the donation!> The survival of the school is the priority here as well as the variety and quality of the student body.</p>
<p>I agree that if the schools need the money they should be able to go for the full pays if needed to survive financially. Where I don't agree is this behind doors wheeling and dealing. They might as well auction off the seats to the highest bidder to replenish their endowments. I think sbergman who works at a bs has joked about that before- that if the schools just auctioned off their last seat in each class they would have enough money to cover all the fa for every other applicant in that class. He said he mentions it at his school but noone ever takes him up on it!</p>
<p>Not that I believe it's morally correct to "donate" money to get off the waitlist, but keep in mind that these "donations" help fund the financial aid programs. So in the long run, isn't it worth it to admit one slightly dumb student with piggy bank parents, in order to admit 10 financial aid students that are absolutely brilliant?</p>