<p>I’ve always known that getting wait listed would be the most stressful admissions decision I could get, but I never anticipated getting waitlisted at all 5 of the major schools I applied to. </p>
<p>The full list was</p>
<p>Occidental College
Pitzer College
Mount Holyoke
Lewis and Clark
Smith College</p>
<p>Now I got a full ride to my safety, Colorado State, so I’m not option less but I want to transfer out of there as soon as possible. </p>
<p>Is getting wait listed at so many schools a sign of some glaring error? </p>
<p>How do I avoid this when I try to transfer into Smith?</p>
<p>The biggest “flaw” in my application that I can think of is an EFC of 0$ but that couldn’t be the reason at the need blind schools…could it? </p>
<p>Any other tips from people who were wait listed and did or intend to transfer?</p>
<p>It’s really impossible for anyone to say why you ended up waitlisted at all your top schools - your stats seemed to be safely in range to me, and I was very impressed by the art you posted links for. Good luck, and I hope all the waiting results in an offer somewhere.</p>
<p>There’s no real way of telling for sure, but I think visiting and interviewing made a huge difference for me. The schools I didn’t visit were the ones that wait-listed me even though my stats fit their general profile. </p>
<p>Pitzer waitlisted a TON of qualified applicants this year. It’s possible it was yield protection. Have you considered writing letters requesting reconsideration/expressing your continued interest?</p>
<p>Yield protection – I agree. Everybody’s the new Wash U. I wonder what it must be like for the adcoms at Wash U to become a kind of joke in the admissions world.</p>
<p>I don’t think you did anything wrong. Those are tough schools to get into. Congrats on your full ride to your safety.</p>