<p>Check out this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/507056-top-colleges-dig-deeper-wait-lists-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/507056-top-colleges-dig-deeper-wait-lists-students.html</a></p>
<p>The waitlist thing is a trickle down process. William & Mary would probably be in the third wave – first the Ivies, then the other top-tier privates, then the group that includes W&M. It will go on all spring and summer. </p>
<p>Be positive and be prepared for either outcome - going to your second choice to which you have already sent in your deposit or getting the call for W&M. I met my wife at W&M (both Class of '83) and she was a community college transfer sophomore year. She was waitlisted and had already put in a deposit and was ready to attend Virginia Tech and got the call for W&M in mid-August. Another friend of mine had actully already reported to her other school but classes had not begun yet when she got the call and she was on a plane to Virginia the next day.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>