<p>fireandrain,</p>
<p>to some extent yes, but i was told within days of the decision coming out that I had a very good chance of making it off the waitlist. I highly doubt it was because they knew already that enough biology/classics double majors/varsity athletes interested in journalism were going to turn them down. Indeed, finding this out was not easy. My college counselor was extremely well known, connected, and respected, and could find things out that most never will. While they obviously want to maintain certain demographics, I think there are a group (god only knows how big) of kids who will get in if enough people, regardless of what type of people they are, say no.</p>
<p>br2pi5,
I knew both because the person visited my high school earlier in the year and because my college counselor told me the name/address to use. Yours should know. Worse comes to worst I’m sure you could contact the admissions office and ask for the name of the rep for your area.</p>