<p>How did you end up on the waitlist? My son was on the waitlist last year and didn’t find out until 1 or 2 weeks before school started. It was such a hassle. I learned a lot about the waitlist process for that whole experience.</p>
<p>Housing takes the waitlist and forms a separate waitlist for each college, and a general waitlist combining all the students. As openings open up at a college they will pull from their waitlist. Once a college exhausts their waitlist then they take people from the general waitlist. My son is in Muir but was assigned to ERC housing (a triple).</p>
<p>Housing always has more students than rooms. They don’t let anyone in on the waitlist until they resolve the overbooking. They know that some people will drop out. Last year they waited to see who did not send in their $500 in July. If someone forgets to pay they lose their housing. They also wait for admissions cancellation, rescinded admission, etc. to see who else they can eliminate. When they resolve the overbookings and have available rooms they will start picking off the list one by one. Last year they started in late July. Sometimes there are openings after school starts. So, if you don’t get housing before school starts you may want to something temporary there’s an opening.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>