<p>Tokenadult, it was just a rough number based on my memory of figures for particular school I’d seen in past admission cycles – but the number doesn’t matter, the point is the same: being on the waitlist does NOT mean that the person has “equal” qualifications to those who are admitted. Some may – but you can’t assume that because the person is on a waitlist that they were “good enough” for admission “but for” a random factor or some nefarious reason like discrimination.</p>