<p>Idk what’s going on. I’ve read here that a girl got a call about getting off the waitlist in mid July.</p>
<p>I just got an official email closing the waitlist. Finally, we can move on.</p>
<p>Same here, it feels good to finally get some closure. :)</p>
<p>Bout dang time. I’d already decided I wouldn’t accept an offer of admission even if I got ‘‘the call,’’ but I admit I was secretly hoping for the opportunity to reject Fartmouth via phone. Oh well, some things aren’t meant to be 
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<p>(Plus we all know Duke is the better ‘‘9th best school in the country’’ haha)</p>
<p>^LondonGentleman–that is IMO unethical. You should have withdrawn earlier if Duke dominated Dartmouth. You clogged up the WL for truly deserving peoplr.</p>
<p>cmarmon, that is not unethical. If you are put on the waitlist you have a right to “wait” even if you have no intention of accepting. Plus, if you do reject the offer, someone is going to get the same offer afterwards, so its not really clogging up the waitlist.</p>
<p>LOL: Londongentleman: sour grapes much?</p>
<p>I would have been honored to attend any of the schools I applied to. your backhanded push back at their rejection of you reflects poorly on you.</p>
<p>^^Axel–I probably have the “right” to put down multiple deposits, but that is not ethical. I probably have the legal right to reject an ED admittance, but that is not ethical. Staying on a waitlist just to see if you can get in is like the pursuit of a conquest, not the sign of a mature person.</p>
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<p>Truth.
Interpret my statement as you wish; but I paid Dartmouth $75 to consider my application, and I had every right to stay on the wait list as long as I desired, for whatever reason I desired.</p>
<p>^^yes, it was clearly your ‘right’, but I’m guessing a few of your former teachers/counselors at your “private christian” school would be disappointed in your choice.</p>
<p>I would like to give some context to my previous controversial comment. </p>
<p>Dartmouth is an excellent school, but my ‘school pride’ for Duke is such that I occasionally make (in an admittedly subjective manner) disparaging remarks about other schools. I love my school. Others love theirs. Nothing new.</p>
<p>In all honesty, I probably would’ve politely rejected Dartmouth should I have been accepted; but seriously, I wasn’t anticipating an acceptance. </p>
<p>As a Christian, I have no moral qualms about staying on the waitlist. Should I have been accepted and subsequently denied the offer, admissions would’ve just called the next most qualified applicant. No moral dilemma here. </p>
<p>I invested significant time and effort (and money) into my Dartmouth application and waitlist update, and I still feel justified in staying on the waitlist to see if my efforts were successful (worthy if an acceptance). Obviously, I didn’t have what they were looking for. </p>
<p>I equate the situation to waiting for AP scores. I knew my AP Physics score wouldn’t help me with college credit even if I got a 5, but I certainly waited and hoped for a 5. What did I have to gain by gaining that 5? Pride maybe, but also a sense of seeing my hard work pay off. Same with Dartmouth, I wanted to see if my hard work would pay off, regardless of whether or not I planned to attend.</p>
<p>There is a difference between morals and “class” as my dad used to say. Since you had no intention of attending D – I’m a big fan of Duke as well – you had no reason to put the Admissions office through the drill of calling you only so YOU could turn them down. </p>
<p>Again, it was your right – you paid the $75 – but it was your ego (trophy hunting?) that kept you on the WL, requiring the Adcoms and staff to do more work. Unnecessary and un-classy, and un-Chrisitian-like IMO.</p>
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<p>Then you missed a lot about life in your your private Christian school. Try a philosophy course in Durham. :)</p>
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<p>Not clear to me what being a “Christian” has to do with it–other than an apparent assumption of moral superiority–but this is probably not an accurate scenario. Most likely, you would have been looked at within a pool of similar candidates. Your selection might have affected the chances of a person from your region with a similar profile, for example.</p>
<p>I’d agree with BlueBayou on all points.</p>
<p>There are two possibilities:</p>
<p>(1) You wanted to go to Dartmouth. You wouldn’t have stayed on the waitlist if you didn’t want to come here. There’s no shame in failing to get off it, so there’s no need to mask your disappointment with disparaging comments.</p>
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<p>(2) You just wanted to see if you would get in. This means you’re an insensitive prick who needs others to validate him to feel good about himself.</p>
<p>I really hope, for Duke’s sake, that it’s the former.</p>
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I remained on the WL so I wouldn’t wonder for the rest of my life whether or not Dartmouth would have accepted me, actually.</p>
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I was seeking closure more than anything. The only way to get an acceptance/rejection decision was to remain on the waitlist. </p>
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What do you mean by this?</p>
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A former comment implied that my decision to stay on the wait list would have disappointed the faculty at my “private Christian school,” and I was explaining how Christian morals do not oppose my decision to remain on the waitlist. I was not asserting moral superiority.</p>
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You’ve oversimplified by limiting the situation to two scenarios, neither of which were the case.</p>
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I agree. I assumed readers of my comment would understand that Duke and Dartmouth are academic equals and consequently disregard my disparaging comment as one stemming from school pride. </p>
<p><a href=“2”>quote=DartmouthForever</a> You just wanted to see if you would get in. This means you’re an insensitive prick who needs others to validate him to feel good about himself.
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Your conclusion does not follow your hypothesis.</p>
<p>Yep, prick it is.</p>
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<p>Are you really that ignorant? Wouldn’t an e-mail to Dartmouth withdrawing your name from the WL have provided you with “closure”.</p>
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<p>Than you are either grasping at straws to justify your decision to yourself, or…</p>
<p>btw: you might consider changing your screename. A true “gentleman” would have exhibited a lot more class (and withdrawn once the final decision was made).</p>
<p>My sister goes to duke, I’ll tell her to slap all the insensitive freshman pricks she meets, hopefully you will be one of them</p>
<p>So much hatred… I pity you all.</p>