The past week-ish I’ve been waitlisted at UCLA, Tulane, UVA, William and Mary, Middlebury, and Wesleyan and rejected from Northwestern and UNC. It has definitely been demoralizing and I’m feeling a bit down. I’ve only been accepted to schools at the bottom of my list, and I’m leaning towards UCSB because I received the Regent’s Scholarship there.
I know waitlist chances are very unpredictable, but I accepted all of my positions, so I maybe have a shot at one out of six of them? Also, I’m trying to find out what additional info I can send it to help my case. I would like to send in a new LOR and I can’t find which schools accept them/whether to send it in on the portal or through email (I know UCLA doesn’t accept additional letters). Any advice or info about my situation is appreciated.
You need to give us more info on your stats. Also, do you need financial aid? My nephew did and was ultimately rejected from all four of his wait-list schools. One actually told him he could come in Spring if he could come up with the money. He couldn’t.
UCLA is competitive enough that even top GPA range applicants had around a ~50% admit rate in recent years (and some divisions or majors like engineering were more competitive).
UCSB is a perfectly good school. Why not just go there and be happy?
I totally feel u. I was waitlisted at Tulane, UVA, and Notre Dame with similar stats (1580 SAT, high 90s gpa) and rejected from UNC, Hopkins, and Northwestern. Also leaning towards a similar school (Case Western Reserve). Best of luck to both of us getting off a waitlist!!
@Publisher I would definitely go to UCLA, UVA, William and Mary, and Middlebury over UCSB but Tulane and Wesleyan I’m not sure about at the moment. I feel like those schools are a better fit for me academically and socially. COA at UCSB would be around 20,000 I think. I got 6,000 off instate tuition with the scholarship. My intended major is political science.
Then consider communicating with those schools. Let them know that you are excited to be on their waitlist because you look forward to studying (separate statement here for each school based upon their offerings) a specific class or major or joint major, etc. Show enthusiasm backed up by specifics .
Northwestern University & out-of-state applicants for the University of North Carolina are long shots for everyone. Northwestern’s admission rate may be at 8% this year. UNC limits freshman non-resident admits.