Waitlisted? Advice for making your best case for an acceptance

OperaDad
Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:11:41 +0000

What do people think about visiting campuses and stopping by the admissions office just to say hello



We did. I think it shows enthusiasm, but try not to make it gratuitous. We were going to visit a professor, so just stopped by the Admissions Office to say “hi”. We drove 1,000 miles to visit. Somehow it came up in the conversation. I didn’t realize it until today, but driving that far just to visit might have shown extra enthusiasm.



My daughter is planning on telling each of the 4 schools that if offered admission she will attend. First school to tender an offer of admission will be the school my daughter attends.



That would be my strategy for more than one Waitlist School. Tell each school that you are on multiple waitlists, that you would accept that school, but, if offered admissions from another school, you would withdraw from the waitlist of the other schools. Maybe that would give schools an incentive to decide on you quickly.