<p>I appreciate the mixed emotions you probably feel right now. Remember that in a most selective admission process like Tuftsin which the acceptance rate was only 25 percenta Wait List offer is a positive reaction to your application. Your presence at Tufts would clearly enrich our undergraduate community, and I hope you remain an active candidate for admission in the weeks ahead.</p>
<p>because of your outstanding achievements and promise, the Committee has voted to place your name on a waiting list of men and women for whom we hope places may become available later.</p>
<p>Of those strong applicants, the Committee has selected a group – representing a small percentage of all our candidates and presenting qualifications which might well have led to admission in other years – to comprise a waiting list…</p>