Much Better to be Waitlisted Than Deferred

Snowdog
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:08:48 +0000

There was a piece in the NYT “The Choice” blog, I believe it was last year, by an admissions officer at Duke. This officer compared himself to a painter or sculptor molding a freshman class, and encouraged kids on the waitlist (numbering in the hundreds) to knock themselves out, sending video updates and any other communication as to how much they want to get into Duke. In the end, one or two kids were admitted off the huge waitlist. The whole spectacle was appalling.