<p>Some ideas for if you want to go to Brandeis</p>
<p>Four things you could do:
- Tell them now, in mid Feb, that yes, you want to be on the wait list
- If you would absolutely definitely go to Brandeis if you were accepted, have your guidance counselor let them know that. In theory, this helps a lot.
- Send updates every three weeks or so, if you can think of plausible things to add to your application folder: a new award you have won, a new letter of recommendation, any changes. Things to remind them periodically that you are still interested. Not so often as to be annoying though.
- Put down a deposit somewhere else in case you don’t get into Brandeis</p>
<p>I think that there are three possibilities for waitlisted students:
- get in in the fall
- get in with the January mid-year group
- never get in</p>
<p>If you feel like you had a particularly good interview, let the person who interviewed you know that you were wait listed and that you would like to go. This might help.</p>
<p>Good luck. I think they are perhaps being overly cautious about not offering too many admissions in Feb and that being waitlisted in Feb might not be as bad as being waitlisted on March 30.</p>