<p>Hi, does anybody know what my chances are if I was put on the waitlist? Is it even worth getting put on it? Thanks, and congradulations to all of you who were accepted.</p>
<p>i echo that! but also, HOW can i get in off the waitlist?! i got my envelope today and i was just so happy not to be rejected i screamed as if i was accepted. it's sad and pathetic, i know, but please-- any tips?</p>
<p>barnard,edu has a question and answer section on the admissions site for waitlisted students. It's definitely hard to get in off the waitlist but your chances will be better if you make a strong effort to send them new information about how awesome you are and reiterate how much you want to go there. I hope you guys get in!</p>
<p>Read the FAQ, follow-up with a strong letter saying that Barnard is your #1 and that you will definitely attend if you get in.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, make other plans. The odds are very much against you.
Last year, something like 35 were taken from a waitlist of 500+.</p>
<p>TheDad- how did you get that stat?</p>
<p>My daughter is in Vietnam until this weekend and received a small envelope which I am instructed not to open. Clearly it is not an acceptance but there is a return envelope or postcard in it. While it will be disappointing to tell her she didn't get accepted at least being waitlisted means she was qualified and should help some. For those who recieved a waitlist offer does this sound like what she received?</p>
<p>Yes she was waitlisted--my daughter got one too. This year it will be very difficult to crack the list. This is one of the largest graduating senior classes in American history and the elite schools are getting hammered.</p>
<p>It is very hard to get off the waitlist. But it does happen. Do send the postcard, send a letter, send whatever else you've been up to. Tell them if you've won any recent awards, been involved in any new projects, maybe send another letter from someone who knows you in a different capacity.</p>
<p>But honestly, once you send in a deposit to another school you'll probably get so excited about going there that you won't even remember Barnard. :)</p>
<p>i don't know what to do! I was really thinking that I would receive an offer from Barnard beause well, to say the least, it could be considered the "easiest" school I applied to. Easiest may not be the right term, but it has the lowest mean SAT score. So now I'm really not looking forward to my other results...</p>
<p>Each school selects students on the basis of different criteria. Your decision at Barnard has no bearing on decisions elsewhere, don't worry. SAT score is a poor measure of an overall application.</p>
<p>how would you say Wellesley choses their students as opposed to Barnard?</p>
<p>I have no idea. But it's not even just what factors they use to select applicants. Your interviewer or essay readers or whatever could just have thought you might not be a good fit for the school. It's all pretty subjective.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about your other schools---my daughter got into several schools that were rated higher then Barnard but as primefactor said, they obviously felt she wasn't for them.</p>
<p>Scorch, you can abstract that info from the thumbnail data in the "Admissions" panel in PR's THE BEST 357....</p>
<p>MissCompetent, admissions is a fuzzy-logic probablistic process, not hard-edged and deterministic. Otherwise you wouldn't have kids getting into Harvard who were rejected at UC San Diego. For a <em>group</em>, the order of selectivity for women's colleges is: Wellesley-Barnard-Bryn Mawr-Smith. But for an <em>individual</em>, all bets are off.</p>
<p>Not to be nitpicky, but...</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>PF, proving it depends on how you slice and dice. Percentage of applicants, Barnard is the most selective. Using mean (I tend to favor high end of the interquartile range) SAT scores, Wellesley is the most selective. (1450 vs. 1430 for 75th percentile.) </p>
<p>Really doesn't mean much of anything, either in terms of quality of the schools or the likelihood of any individual applicant being accepted. It's not as if we're comparing Cal State Chico with U/Chicago.</p>
<p>Hahah, I know. Thus the little praeteritio. But in the U.S. News "Selectivity" rating, which is usually what I assume people go by...</p>
<p>And well, our 25th% is 20 points higher! Neener neener neener!</p>
<p>(don't mind me, it's been a thesis day and I've gone completely library loonie)</p>
<p>Also, in Fiske's Guide, Barnard has surpassed Wellesly in terms of applications and percentage of admissions.</p>
<p>I'm not sure but in my college guidebook it says that last year 694 people were waitlisted. and 484 accepted a place on the waitlist. 4 people were accepted from the waitlist.</p>
<p>Here's what Barnard says you should do if waitlisted:</p>
<p>Q: Is there anything I can do to help my application at this point?
A: You should send your postcard indicating that you wish to still be considered back to the Admissions Office right away. You may also send a letter to the Dean of Admissions, Jennifer Gill Fondiller, indicating your continued interest in attending Barnard. If you wish to send other supplemental information, you may send materials to the Office of Admissions, 111 Milbank Hall, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. Additional information is most effective when it offers a new and different perspective on your candidacy. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate interviews for waitlisted candidates.</p>