Is it worth is to reapply?

parentologist
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 15:28:15 +0000

Do not take a gap year and reapply. You are very unlikely to get in, unless you have some additional, extraordinary achievement in the interim. Move forward with your life. Go to the best college that you got into, study what you love, do your best, and if for some reason you are unhappy there, consider transferring to a school where you think you would be happier.

Wait lists are not an indication that you “almost” got in. They are usually a soft rejection. Yes, more students were taken from wait lists by some schools in spring/summer of 2020 because some schools were looking to get paying students to fill the slots of those who chose to take gap years instead of starting during the pandemic. That’s unlikely to happen again, barring extraordinary future circumstances. There will be a whole new crop of students to for schools to choose from next year. Your chances will be no better - in fact, they will likely be worse.