Classof 2015: Waitlisted!

EmmyBet
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:00:30 +0000

kinderny - thanks for joining in! I do hope you “win”!

I told my D about how these kinds of schools will choose whom they offer a spot to - if a techie kid declines, they’ll go for the “technie pile,” if an artsy kid declines, they’ll go for the pile she’s in. She needs to play to her strengths, as well as show she’s an all-around hard worker. But off the WL they’re definitely filling specific niches.

Other schools might have a 1-2-3 approach to the WL, but I can’t imagine Brandeis does. And I think she understands it’s BOTH how much she “wants” to go there, but how she’ll fit in the mix they’re creating for their entering class.