Getting in from the waitlist with a gap year

happy1
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:17:27 +0000

If you tell them you are taking a gap year, they will likely remove you from the waitlist. And if you get in off the waitlist the school likely wants you to attend this fall. I’d play it out and see what happens. If you want to show your 100% commitment to attend consider applying ED next year if it is fiscally do-able.

Take a gap year if it is what you want to do. But unless you are doing something crazy spectacular with the year, don’t expect your admission decision to Brown to be different next year because you took gap year – of course anything can happen, but I’m just saying don’t take a gap year assuming it will get you into Brown next year.

It is a mistake in general to pin all of your hopes on one hyper-competitive lottery type of school. You need to expand your list and seek out other colleges that are less competitive for admissions and that you would be very happy to attend.