<p>mattmorenz
You can take your name of the waitlist at any time before a decision is announced. If a decision is announced and that can happen any time after May 1st, you have only a window of time to accept or reject. </p>
<p>We have decided that it does not make sense to visit Stanford at this time for all the reasons mentioned above. It makes sense to visit your top choices now and accept the best choice you have and then go on the W/L if that is what you want to do. Please remember that people have got calls from Stanford in July and August, so it can be a very long painful wait. </p>
<p>I had posted a similar question on the parents forum and there was a pretty active input from the parent community, including the question of visiting when on W/L. Again situations are very different, but that thread might be provide you with some guidance on this very question.</p>