Placed on "Extended Waitlist" even though waitlist has been closed. Huh??

Penn92
Sat, 30 May 2020 03:25:03 +0000

My daughter just got a letter from her top choice school stating that their waitlist has been closed. (Phew-- She can finally be happy with her second choice school that accepted her with a fellowship/ merit scholarship!) BUT the next sentence was:
“We would like to offer a few highly qualified students the opportunity to remain on an EXTENDED waitlist.” Who designed this very specialized form of torture?? I advised my student to say no thanks, but she wants to wait it out and see what happens. Has anyone else gotten a letter like this? Any professionals want to weigh in here? (This seems designed to protect colleges in the event of last-minute changes… and to torture ‘highly qualified’ but expendable students!)