<p>Hey, I got waitlisted too. Oberlin and Reed are my tops at the moment, but I’ve also gotten into Macalester and Smith. Rejected from UChicago. I heard a rumor from someone who knows someone who works in admissions; apparently Oberlin waitlists kids that they think applied there as a safety school. My friend who got accepted to Vassar and UChicago was waitlisted at Oberlin, and when I did my visit there I met a girl who got accepted from the waitlist with astronomical SATs, like yours. She might have had two 800s, actually. My scores are 800 CR, 640 M, and 720 W, if anyone is curious.
Anyway, I asked my interviewer about it just now via email, so I’ll report back what he says. I have no idea how credible this rumor is…</p>