Things to do to get accepted after being waitlisted

zomggg
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:28:54 +0000

So I ended up getting waitlisted at several places where I would love to attend.

What things can I do to increase the likelihood that I get accepted?

Some things that I have found/not sure about:

-Send Letter of Continued Interest
-Write letters, send e-mails, and call (would this be too obnoxious?)
-Give up FA (with my EFC this is something I cannot afford to do…) (Do schools even give students they take off of waiting lists FA?)
-Send additional letters of rec (lots of schools actually specifically say don’t do this though…)
-Send updated achievements, grades
-Send “Why X?” essay to schools that didn’t ask for such an essay in their supplement? Would this be a good idea?

Anyone have some good tips to add?