Post Your Admission Decision Here

OldbatesieDoc
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:50:04 +0000

The wait list is not ranked. If they go to the wait-list, they reevaluate the entire pile AGAIN. If you are wait-listed, and Amherst is your first choice, it is important to let them know that without being a pest. Ask politely if you can speak to your admissions rep, and ask if there is anything lacking in your application. Send updated grades, awards, new activies, and a nice cover letter explaining why Amherst really needs you, and how you will be an asset. If someone from your school or community with some kind of clout, or experience getting people into colleges can call or write a letter, have them do it.DO NOT have your parents do this, you need to do it YOURSELF!
Good luck and take heart.Wait listed means you are extremely qualified, just not lucky.

My S was waitlisted last year, didn’t pursue it because we put all our efforts into Midd-sent a supplement, called, got a college professor who knows him to write a letter urging them to take him, and why.

Please don’t think this is the end of the earth.All the best from the OBD.