<p>I was recently waitlisted by case western and I am having trouble understanding why. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I AM ENTITLED TO A SPOT! But I am a 3.93/2260 student and I am ranked 4/210 in my class. I participate in a wide range of ECs including an intense commitment to immunology research that I have gained national recognition for. I also bring a diversity aspect with my background that I brought forth powerfully in my essay (I even got a handwritten we loved your essay note on one of my acceptance letters). So far I have gotten in to UCLA (oos) and many others of similar caliber. I don't understand what the deal is here because I applied to case as a backup (scores well above range, 70% acceptance rate in 2009) but I expressed 0 interest. Any thoughts? Do they have an agenda here (yield protection for their incredibly low yield)? This brings forth a concern that I may have a problem in my application when other decisions come out</p>
<p>You got owned.</p>
<p>They might’ve pulled the Tufts/WUSTL/Carleton etc. Syndrome ordeal where the college puts overqualified applicants on the wait list because their college appears to be a backup judging by stats, extracurriculars and so forth. Bare in mind that this syndrome usually occurs at private schools. If you would prefer a dispute over your waitlisting, then go ahead and do so but since you say that this is a backup and you got into somewhere better, then this shouldn’t matter too much…</p>
<p>Stuff like this happens. There may not been much of a reason at all - at least not much of a reason that will be mirrored at other schools. Don’t worry about your other decisions - there’s nothing that can be done to change them now, so you’ll just have to see what they are in the next couple of weeks.</p>
<p>It may turn out that you’re accepted at lots of schools that are harder to get into. Again, these things happen.</p>
<p>Whatever caused the waitlisting, it’s not worth worrying about. It was probably due to a lack of interest exhibited, as many schools do - as you noted - do this to protect their yield (or in an attempt to improve it).</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses from everyone except Saugus. I talked with my counsellor today and he said that this happened with a couple kids at my school as well. I guess it’s nothing to worry about. Out of the 16 colleges I applied to case was probably 15th or 16th on the list so I am not upset in the least, especially considering that I have ucla as an option. Fingers crossed for the coming weeks</p>
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Maybe this attitude came across in your application essay.</p>
<p>^^^case doesn’t require any supplements other than the common app main which received a great deal of praise from other universities. So I’m pretty sure that attitude didn’t come across.</p>
<p>It’s not worth the time it took you to stroke the keys for your OP. Move on - go Bruins!</p>
<p>Is guess your right. I’ll forget about this and pray for more positive decisions in the next week</p>