Waitlisted? Advice for making your best case for an acceptance

bigeyedfish3
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:02:13 +0000

CenterUSdad:

I disagree with the whole “don’t stop by to say hello”. I was wait listed at the our top state university. I phoned my adcom.

I simply said that “I was wait listed, and plan on visiting the campus once more because should I not be accepted off the wait list, I would most definitely transfer because the school was my stepping stone to my future success. Because of this, I’m wondering if there was any time I could stop by, introduce myself and ask some questions about the wait list?”

He immediately rattled off open times and really encouraged me to do so. If he didn’t want me to come down or felt it would be of no help, he could have easily said he didn’t have any interview slots open.

Instead, I went down and spent forty minutes speaking with him not only about the university,why I should attend, how the wait list works, but options should I not be accepted for the fall. I was scared when he started talking about that. Before I left,he told me that by making the drive down, I was on the top of the wait list pile.

Now, its different with every school, but its definitely worth a phone call to see what’s up.