waitlisted (not deferred) ED and nervous

aquapt
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 04:38:52 +0000

The waitlist response is pretty weird - I’ve never heard of that! My gut feeling is that it is less favorable than a deferral, and that it might be healthier to try to get excited about some of your other great options. Being strung along is no fun.

Sounds like you are likely to have some significant price differentials among your final choices, too. Thought exercise which could well come true: What if you got into both Pitzer and Scripps, with a nice merit offer from Scripps? Do you prefer Pitzer enough to pay the difference, even though Scripps would give you access to the same courses and majors through the consortium? (Have you visited the 5C’s?) Even if you can full pay, there’s a lot to be said for a good value, and for saving money for grad school and other experiences.

As for “Will I be ok?”… of course! Even with the handful of offers you already have, you would be ok, and you’re going to have quite a few more options by the time you’re done, I’m sure. The waiting is hard, but I’ll bet you have plenty of good news yet to come!