<p>If you are in state. And how do they decide who gets in among the waiting list? do evaluate all applicants on the waiting list again?</p>
<p>Each year the waitlists are a whole new thing, so you can’t predict easily from last year’s results. If you are waitlisted at a place that you like, it is OK to stay on the waitlist. But be sure to choose a school to attend from the list that accepts you, and send in a deposit by May 1 so that you do have a space for the fall.</p>
<p>There is good advice on the link below:
[How</a> To Get Off A College Waitlist](<a href=“http://www.hecaonline.org/waitlist]How”>http://www.hecaonline.org/waitlist)
Check it out</p>
<p>It’s completely unpredictable and to expend energy guessing the odds is a waste. Why? Let’s say college X has 300 WL kids. Among these are 5 top performing violin players and 5 top performing viola players. They roughly all have the same academic metrics. After the initial round of responses from admitted students, 15 of the previously admitted viola players turn down college X. Guess what? The Waitlisted viola players are in a sweet situation. But also, all 15 of the originally accepted violin players accept college X’s offer because of the reputaion of a newly arrived conductor. Guess what? Those five WL violin players don’t get off the wait list.</p>
<p>Yes, it can be as random as what I’ve just described. It all depends on who accepts and who rejects College X’s offers and how many slots open up, if any.</p>
<p>^ Great way to put it. Never thought about it like that</p>
<p>What is the relevance of viola players to college?</p>
<p>In reference to a question above, some colleges have been known to look for students who fill a hole in a marching band or orchestra. Supposedly, tuba players often get offered large scholarships, because they are in short supply.</p>
<p>Wait lists vary from college to college. Google “common data set” and the name of the college, and you should find detailed data. That information typically shows numbers of applicants offered a wait list position and numbers who were offered admission from the list. The numbers can vary from year to year, depending upon what percentage of admissions offers were accepted in the regular round. </p>
<p>Typically, large numbers of people who are offered a position on a wait list do not ask to stay on it. In particular, few people want to put down a non-refundable deposit on one college that accepted them (typically with a May 1 deadline) while they wait to hear from the waiting list.</p>
<p>Show some enthusiasm to the admissions office that the college is your first choice. </p>
<p>Some colleges use waiting lists to soften a rejection to politicians, powerful people and alums. The parent feels better that their kid was “almost accepted” even though they were number 2,000 on the wait list.</p>
<p>Some colleges look for people who will not need financial aid, and pull those sticker price applicants up to the top of the wait list. They justify it by saying that their financial aid budget has been used up by that time.</p>
<p>yeaimprettysweet: my viola vs. violin players is a metaphor, an illustrative example. Savvy?</p>