<p>Thread title. I see them as the same thing as a rejection, basically.</p>
<p>Well, some schools take students from them if they have an unusually low yield in a particular year.</p>
<p>Agreed. I rather be rejected than wait listed. Considering I just got wait listed at UMiami today and St. Johns Pharmacy last week, I’m not holding my breath for my top choice of University of Michigan…from which I was deferred in EA ;(</p>
<p>This totally depends on both the college in question and the effectiveness of your college counseling office in getting people off of waitlists…</p>
<p>For example, saxsky, I know a number of people who have been accepted off of Miami’s waitlist in the last few years…did you apply EA and just heard about the waitlist or did you apply RD?</p>
<p>Shows that you are at least qualified enough that they didn’t reject you. Also, some students do get in through the waitlist. Schools need to have waitlists so they don’t end up under-enrolling. They aren’t playing with you, it just part of the process. Now, why some schools waitlist an absurd number of students is beyond me.</p>
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<p>I applied RD for UMiami.</p>
<p>If you don’t like them, decline any invitations. They serve a purpose for the schools and many applicants. You want to play the broken hearted and rejected suitor? Go right ahead. No guns will be held to your temple.</p>
<p>But you’re foolish to think they don’t serve a huge institutional need.</p>