<p>Your chances of getting off the waitlist, no matter how wonderful you are, are pretty slim since there are over a thousand people on it. And, since you think your wait list result was better than you expected, you are probably near the bottom of that list. I wouldn’t spend the money to visit just yet. Besides, if you get off the list, there’s no doubt in my mind that Stanford is better than your other choices, so saying “yes” could be a no-brainer anyway.</p>