<p>“are you pursuing more than one of your waitlists? I was waitlisted at two of my top choices, but my counselor says I can only stay on one because they expect you to go if they let you in.”</p>
<p>It’s fine to pursue as many waitlists as you want. Colleges give you about 24 hours to decide whether to accept a waitlist offer. Given the fact that some colleges have lengthy waitlists that they accept very few students from, it can be a good idea to be on several waitlists if one hasn’t gotten into any colleges or wasn’t accepted to colleges that one favored.</p>