<p>My son has been waitlisted at MIT. While he has some good options like UCB, UCSD, UCLA, CMU, UIUC, he would opt for MIT if given an admission offer. I am aware of the fact that the odds of coming off the waitlist is very low, is there any thing an applicant can do to improve his odds?
His primary area of interest is Computational Biology and he is interested in course 6-7 at MIT. He has admission in BioE at UCB, UCSD, UIUC and computational biology program at UCLA & CMU. He most likely heading to UCB for now.</p>
<p>As with any other school, I think the best thing a waitlisted student can do is continue to express interest any way possible. I’m sure you’ve already heard that last year, nobody was admitted off the waitlist; however, that is always impossible to predict. Good luck to you and your son. He will be very successful wherever he goes – and I heard UCB was VERY competitive this year – congratulations!!</p>
<p>If he has any updates he can give (new awards, for instance), he should send them in. Other than that, he should focus on how to get the most out of his experience at UCB (or wherever).</p>