<p>@AlexandraD, those are options for your initial application-- yes, you are welcome to send in additional letters when you first apply. However, additional information for a waitlist applicant is not necessary. Here is information from the Admissions Office blog to that effect: </p>
<p>Waitlist: This means that we do not have room at this time to offer you a place in the incoming class. However, if UChicago remains your first choice school, you should accept your place on the waitlist via your UChicago Account.</p>
<p>A few reminders:</p>
<p>You should accept a place at a school to which you were admitted by May 1. It is possible we won’t know whether or not we can make offers of admission to applicants on the waiting list until early May, and we don’t want you to run the risk of not having a seat anywhere next fall.</p>
<p>Our waiting list is unranked, so we cannot tell you “where you are” on the list. As to how many people we take off the waiting list… well, that varies from year to year. Some years we are able to take a number of students from the waiting list, and other years we cannot. We know this is frustratingly vague, but it’s the truth.</p>
<p>You do not need to send us an updated resume or recommendation letter. If you feel especially passionate about UChicago, you might consider a brief email for your Admissions Counselor to that effect.</p>
<p>We do not encourage waitlisted students to visit campus. This is for several reasons. First, we do not schedule interviews with waitlisted students, and there is nothing we would tell you in person that we could not also tell you over e-mail or over the phone. Second, we want you to spend your time and resources visiting schools to which you were admitted. And third, frankly, visiting campus as a waitlisted student can be awkward for you and your parents.</p>
<p>Finally, you didn’t do anything wrong. What we did wrong was build a College that can only house an incoming class of about 1,350. The Life of the Mind lives on wherever there are those to carry the banner-- Remain passionate about learning and college will be an incredible experience.</p>