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04-22-2008, 06:22 AM
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#151 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 318
| thanks, madbean. he'll have fun with that cali warmth! | 
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04-23-2008, 12:17 PM
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#152 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 338
| lol im bumping this thread yet again. If anyone has gotten off of a school's waitlist or has even heard of anyone getting off, please post that story here, all of us would really like to hear it  | |
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04-23-2008, 02:16 PM
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#153 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 59
| I got rejected from Clemson, UGA, and Air Force Academy and waitlisted at Georgia Tech (which was probably the school I wanted to go most). Didn't even apply to a safety. Couple days ago I received an e-mail from Tech asking if I wanted to get off the waitlist by doing Summer Session | |
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04-23-2008, 02:39 PM
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#154 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 873
| I was waitlisted at Grinnell and am doing my best to get off...My dad (who is an alumnus) received a courtesy call from the interim head of admissions who informed him of my being waitlisted, but said I am "high priority" or something. I've since been emailing with the interim head, have sent in a new essay/letter that speaks to why I want to attend, and a list of new accomplishments and activities since my application was mailed. I'm also not in need of financial aid...
Do you think I can get off the waitlist??? I really hope I can...If not, then I will be at Lewis & Clark next year (which I love, but I love Grinnell even more..) | |
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04-23-2008, 04:48 PM
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#155 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 6
| Hi...im an international student who was waitlisted at Grinnell..Didnt i get the shock of my life when a few days ago, i received a phone call letting me know that i had succeed in getting off the list for the class of 2012...to top it all off, i got a full scholarship(my parents are smiling ear-to-ear)...a true miracle...compared to others, my SAT 1 & 2 scores are amazingly lower(barely above average). my school doesnt have the GPA system but compared to my class, im ranked pretty highly. I believe I had a wide range of ECs, notable leadership roles, mission statement type essays and probably strong recommendations..but the response from Grinnell still stuns me. I did send a convincing essay as to why they should accept me but i doubted it would be worth much before may 1st. how i did it? still stunned...goes to show that miracles(or if there is something more drastic) can happen... now i wanna find out whether Johns Hopkins intends to pull a similar stunt.... Good luck to you all...
"your work ethic and ability are not the only determinants in life...but so too your intention" | |
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04-23-2008, 07:27 PM
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#156 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 180
| I'm waitlisted at MIT, Cornell, Columbia and Harvey Mudd. I would give up my spot on the other Waitlists if it meant I could go to MIT  | |
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04-23-2008, 10:13 PM
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#157 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ===>Duke '12
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| Thanks for the news born.to.amaze.
And so, it begins... | |
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04-23-2008, 10:48 PM
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#158 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 236
| Regional officers
Can someone please tell me if we have regional officers for international students? I'm on FIVE waitlists and am trying desperately to will myself off! | |
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04-24-2008, 05:19 AM
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#159 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MNG -> Cornell Univ
Posts: 1,221
| Congratulations to you both, OniLawliet and born.to.amaze. You were really born to amaze!!!
I was actually rejected at Grinnell, and have just received rejection letter. I live too far away from Grinnell!!! | |
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04-24-2008, 07:22 AM
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#160 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 35
| i will bet $100 of monopoly money that born.to.amaze is a troll. read his post carefully. twice.
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04-24-2008, 10:36 AM
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#161 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 9
| anybody frm NEPAL heard abt their waitlist decision frm grinnell yet?? | |
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04-24-2008, 10:41 AM
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#162 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 23
| CMU priority waitlist, any chance to be accepted | |
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04-24-2008, 10:45 AM
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#163 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 6
| jerushs, I can understand your doubt and won't take it personally but let me assure you that i have been admitted(I haven't got the time to waste on such foolish games especially on such a serious issue). Because of my location here in Africa, access to internet is a bit harder (unfortunately, I can't spend hours and hours a day drooling over the CC site). Plus I'm pretty new to this site anyway so I only setup an account to give hope to others. I tried to edit the spelling errors in my last post but it refused to go through. Anyway, I was just letting you all know that getting off the waitlist is a real possibility and can happen at any time all to your suprise. Compared to some of the other applicants who were rejected, I was equally amazed (hence the name, born to amaze). This was my first acceptance(rejected and waitlisted by the rest :-(...)! I can only advice those of you anxiously waiting for responses to not give up on hope and realise that although a handful of people may get off the waitlist, no one says that it can't be you. Good luck to you all and hopefully, we will all find ourselves where we want to be. | |
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04-24-2008, 01:05 PM
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#164 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 52
| Ahhhhhh, let us know when you hear! I'm pulling for you! | |
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04-24-2008, 01:12 PM
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#165 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 263
| i was waitlisted at seven schools... and i'm staying on the waitlist for grinnell, CMC, wesleyan, and carleton. anyone have some insight as to what my chances are for being accepted off one of those? | |
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