<p>anyone else waitlisted at vassar? are you going to stay on the waitlist or no?</p>
<p>i was waitlisted; i’m definitely staying on it.</p>
<p>Same here, welcome to the club. We still have a fleeting hope. Im staying on the list. I wonder how many are on the list.</p>
<p>blehh 
is this worth the mental agony?</p>
<p>are you going to tell them that it is your first choice?</p>
<p>wow… it says the latest they’ll notify you is july? thats a pretty long wait.</p>
<p>what are you guys going to send them?</p>
<p>The thing is, do you guys really want to put it all on hold that long for a slim chance. Stay on the waitlist if you must but mentally move on and pick a school to focus your sights and attentions on. IF Vassar accepts you later, you can always change but, by then, you may find yourself excited to be go somewhere else.</p>
<p>My D was accepted to Vassar from the waitlist last year. Vassar was her first choice and really the only place she wanted to go after her visit there. She did return the card, along with a letter indicating that Vassar was her first choice and that she would definitely attend if accepted. She also used the letter to try to differentiate herself from other applicants by pointing out specific things she thought she had to offer Vassar and vice versa. She also followed up by both email and phone (although use the phone option sparingly) with the admissions representative who was assigned to our state and whom she had met when he visited her high school. I think that made a difference. But there is obviously a balance between showing interest and appearing obsessive. Anyway, last year was one of the lucky years when they took people off the waitlist. She was contacted by phone within the first two weeks of May to see if she was still interested. (Be sure to have an answering machine on whatever phone number you gave in your application!) A formal admissions offer came by phone a couple of days later. So…if Vassar is your first choice, I say go for it. Stay on the list and follow up with the representative assigned to your state. But I do agree that you shouldn’t tie all your emotional health to whether you get in Vassar or any specific school. There are a lot of great schools out there. Good luck!</p>
<p>p.s. You still need to BE SURE to turn in an acceptance card at whatever your second choice school is by that school’s deadline. If you get in Vassar off the wait list, you can then let the other school know you are changing your decision. But you don’t want to put all your eggs in the Vassar waitlist basket and not have a placeholder acceptance at another school in case the waitlist option doesn’t pan out.</p>
<p>What does one say in a phone call? Do other people have designated admissions officers? I was never told if I had one or who it was.</p>
<p>Ask if you can speak to the rep assigned to your state/area. You have one, you just don’t know it.Ask if there is anything in your folder you need to supplement. Update your grades and any accomplishments. If you know a Vassar grad/alum, ask them to write a letter supporting you and why you’d be great for Vassar.</p>
<p>Here are waitlist stats from the Vassar common data set for the last two years: See: [Common</a> Data Set - Institutional Research - Vassar College](<a href=“http://institutionalresearch.vassar.edu/data/index.html]Common”>Institutional Research – Vassar College)</p>
<p>Read on to see how to improve your chances of getting admitted from the wait list.</p>
<p>2009-2010
Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list 1,531
C2 Number accepting a place on the waiting list 608
C2 Number of wait-listed students admitted 52</p>
<p>2008-2009
C2 Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list 1342
C2 Number accepting a place on the waiting list 550
C2 Number of wait-listed students admitted 80
C2 Is your waiting list ranked? no</p>
<p>Everyone on the waitlist has met the qualifications for admission, and Vassar doesn’t rank students on the waitlist. So how do you improve your chances of getting admitted from the waitlist? The admissions office representative for your state (whose name you can get by calling the admissions office) is the primary vehicle for improving your chances. In my daughter’s case, her rep was the one who made the recommendation to the admissions committee that she be accepted. That is why - if Vassar is your first choice - it is important to do the little extra things in this last week of April (if you haven’t already done so) to make sure your rep knows who you are, how interested you are in attending Vassar, and why you would be a great fit (including any new information/accomplishments since you submitted your original application). Many people on the wait list will not make the extra effort to do this. If you are someone who does, that act alone will separate you from the pack and hopefully move you to the admitted list. Good luck!</p>
<p>FYI –</p>
<p>I just called Vassar and asked to speak to the representative in my state, and was told that Vassar “doesn’t provide that service” to its wait listed candidates. I was just trying to check if my supplemental materials had been received.</p>
<p>Has anyone tried to contact their representative with luck?!</p>
<p>I’m sorry to hear that, Hues24. Hopefully, the person on the other end of the phone was just having a bad day. Try asking the guidance counselor at your school to get the name for you. Another option would be to call back and ask for the contact information (e.g. email address) without identifying yourself as a waitlist student. You could say what state you were from and that you were wondering when the rep would be coming to your area (e.g. for college fairs). Another option that would definitely work would be to get an alum you know to make the call. There is no way the admissions office is going to blow off an alum. Good luck!</p>
<p>p.s. Now that I recall, something similar happened to my daughter the first time she tried to verify that her acceptance card and letter had been received. She knew her rep’s name but was told she couldn’t speak to him by phone at that time. She either asked, or was told, however, that she could email him and that the reps “preferred that.” The second time she called (to verify receipt of supplemental material), she must have gotten someone different, because that person put her call through, and the rep was very nice when she talked to him. So if the other options don’t work, you could ask for the rep’s email address so you can verify that your supplemental materials were received.</p>
<p>Thanks, VassarMom, these are great tips. I’ll be sure to call the college again. Thanks for your help.</p>