<p>@greetosola: I don’t see anything remotely unethical about how they treat wait listed students.</p>
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<li> They give you all the data so you can see how many people get wait listed every year.</li>
<li> They also tell you how many people get off the wait list every year.</li>
<li> They tell you how many people are put on the wait list this year.</li>
<li> They tell you to make sure that you accept an offer somewhere.</li>
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<p>They are totally transparent and if you do the math you should know that the odds are between slim and none.
In light of those facts, you can hold out hope that you will be taken off the wait list or you can move on.</p>