<p>“But was anybody with a similar or better resume have a story about being waitlisted?”</p>
<p>How about out and out rejected, would that work? Or maybe he was wailisted, I don’t recall. Either way, do a CC search on Andison, his story is legendary on CC.</p>
<p>Ok it’s a little hard to find,it turns out, so I found it for you:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/47867-were-picking-up-pieces-but-what-went-wrong.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/47867-were-picking-up-pieces-but-what-went-wrong.html</a></p>
<p>My D1 was accepted at Oberlin, but was waitlisted at a couple other schools where she seemed about equally qualified,and her stats were higher than yours are. And this was back several years ago when admisisions was less competitive. These selective colleges are not merely going by stats, there is a holistic process and some people manage to make an impression on a particular set of readers that they belong at their college, more than others, based on the totality of what is before them to evaluate. For the very highest stats people they probably want to see evidence that they belong there and want to be there, I’m guessing.</p>
<p>It’s a highly subjective and imprecise process, there’s no use getting all worked up about it. Just put yourself on the waitlist, maybe send them a note re-affirming your interest and why you should be there, and then move on.</p>