Articles on Getting Admitted off the Waitlist

Applying to College
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<p>[Tips</a> to Help Wait-Listed Students Get Accepted - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/student-center/2008/05/02/tips-to-help-wait-listed-students-get-accepted.html]Tips”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/student-center/2008/05/02/tips-to-help-wait-listed-students-get-accepted.html)</p>

<p>[Redwood</a> City Daily News](<a href=“http://www.redwoodcitydailynews.com/article/2008-5-3-katz]Redwood”>http://www.redwoodcitydailynews.com/article/2008-5-3-katz)</p>

<p>[How</a> to Get Off the Wait List and Into College - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2008/04/16/how-to-get-off-the-wait-list-and-into-college.html]How”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2008/04/16/how-to-get-off-the-wait-list-and-into-college.html)</p>

<p>[Don’t</a> wait around on wait-list – take some action- OregonLive.com](<a href=“http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/ben_kaplan/index.ssf?/base/living/1208291107310240.xml&coll=7]Don’t”>http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/ben_kaplan/index.ssf?/base/living/1208291107310240.xml&coll=7)</p>

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<p>a few more</p>

<p>[Getting</a> Off the College Waitlist - TIME](<a href=“http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734829,00.html]Getting”>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734829,00.html)</p>

<p>[Waiting</a> Out the Wait List for College: Tips for Getting Off the College Wait List and Getting In](<a href=“http://www.collegenews.org/x296.xml]Waiting”>http://www.collegenews.org/x296.xml)</p>

<p>[Colleges</a> admit few students off the wait list](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06136/690641-298.stm]Colleges”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06136/690641-298.stm)</p>

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<p>Great links Papa Chicken. I believe CC’ers can benefit from them since this year it’s been a huge surplus of wait-list offers rather than acceptances/</p>

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<p>scrounging for some more, albeit some dated, but advice still good:</p>

<p>this is a good one: [The</a> Seattle Times: College Guide](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002055007_collwaitinglist.html]The”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002055007_collwaitinglist.html)</p>

<p>[BW</a> Online | May 29, 2002 | Playing the Wait-List Game](<a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg)</p>

<p>[Admission</a> waiting lists help students hedge their bets - Salt Lake Tribune](<a href=“http://www.sltrib.com/ci_8941296]Admission”>Admission waiting lists help students hedge their bets - The Salt Lake Tribune)</p>

<p>[COLLEGE</a> PREP; Wait-List Limbo - New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED71E3BF936A15757C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3]COLLEGE”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EED71E3BF936A15757C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3)</p>

<p>[College</a> admissions dance gets longer, more complicated | csmonitor.com](<a href=“http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0423/p01s04-usgn.html]College”>College admissions dance gets longer, more complicated - CSMonitor.com)</p>

<p>[Wait-List</a> Admissions Jump at Top Schools - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB108543758868820068.html?mod=pj_careers_hs_coll_left]Wait-List”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB108543758868820068.html?mod=pj_careers_hs_coll_left)</p>

<p>[Hopes</a> Dim for Kids On College Wait Lists - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117927557746304211-pn8TO_M7VQ4jNufTbr3S3I_0D7E_20070528.html?mod=yahoo_free]Hopes”>http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117927557746304211-pn8TO_M7VQ4jNufTbr3S3I_0D7E_20070528.html?mod=yahoo_free)</p>

<p>[USATODAY.com</a> - For college hopefuls, a wait list is the hardest part](<a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-04-29-waitlist-anxiety_x.htm]USATODAY.com”>http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-04-29-waitlist-anxiety_x.htm)</p>

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<p>Mailing them a shoe to get their foot in the door…How corny can you get.</p>

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<p>will offering to pay full tuition help your chances?</p>

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<p>at a need-aware school it probably will… but they won’t select you over a much better candidate who wants 20% aid…</p>

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<p>if the finaid budget is out of cash for the year, being a full payor definitely helps.</p>

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<p>Can you defer wait-list offers?</p>

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<p>reviving this thread for HS class of '09.</p>

<p>Start conjuring up your WL strategy!</p>

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<p>Deferral q - no, you can’t do that</p>