<p>Does someone who was waitlisted last year (a year when eventually no one was taken off the waitlist) have any sort of advantage as a transfer applicant this year?</p>
<p>I second this question. What do colleges generally think of transfers who have been waitlisted before (do they even bother to check unless you explicitly tell them?) and/or have been accepted before but decided not to matriculate?</p>
<p>I am sure they have a record of you. However, transfers are dependent on vacancies more than anything else. </p>
<p>Stanford admitted 31 last year altogether for all years, a few of them from armed forces.</p>
<p>Well of the three prior results (waitlisted, rejected, admitted), is one even preferable over the others?</p>
<p>Rejected: maybe indicator that the person wasn’t qualified enough
Accepted: this person may not have been that interested in coming here
Waitlisted: shows you were borderline-admit material before</p>
<p>Knight92 - I think a Waitlisted applicant is definitely admit material (not borderline), but simply didn’t make the final cut. That’s why I was thinking it might be some (I’m sure very small) advantage versus having been rejected or declined to accept offered admission - particularly if the applicant accepted the waitlist spot and demonstrated sincere interest (e.g. commiting to accept an offer of admission). But my guess is its a very small advantage and others (e.g. military service; extraordinary achievement) will count for more.</p>
<p>If you declined to accept offered admission but are now reapplying, I guess it would be advisable to mention in an essay (or somewhere else) why you declined?</p>
<p>Without a doubt</p>