<p>First, congratulations on getting into Georgetown and JHU. Those are excellent schools, with academics and reputations as good as the Ivies. Don’t be so fixated on an athletic association. There are students who have much worse acceptance stories than you. </p>
<p>If you want this to be all over, then go to Georgetown or JHU and don’t look back. If there’s a part of you that still wants Brown, and you are afraid you can’t let it go, then go on the waitlist, send a letter expressing your interest, and then forget about it. </p>
<p>Students are taken off the waitlist based on the students who matriculate vs. don’t matriculate. If every accepted oboist turns down Brown, they’ll accept a few oboists. There is no ranking. Some students are put on waitlists as a courtesy – legacy applicants, for example. If you suspect you are one of those, then your chances will be pretty low. (Most students probably have no idea if they fall into that category and I doubt there is an easy way to figure it out.)</p>
<p>Anyway, be happy, you did great, and hey, next year you’ll be in college!</p>