Welcome to college admissions limbo, aka, the wait list. You aren’t quite accepted, but you aren’t quite denied either, ergo, limbo. First, it is important to understand what is a waitlist. Colleges employ waitlists to protect themselves against the uncertainty of accepted students. When students who have been accepted opt not to enroll, the college examines their waitlist for the next student to be admitted.

So what should you do if you are waitlisted?
First, you need to decide if you really want to stay on the waitlist. That is, would you be content with attending another school that you have been accepted to? If you are satisfied attending elsewhere, don’t bother with the waitlist. You are potentially taking someone else’s spot that you don’t want anyway (and increasing the anxiety level of another soon-to-be freshman elsewhere). Read the rest of this entry »

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