Waitlisted... updates?

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Since I’ve been waitlisted at some schools including Chicago and expect to be waitlisted at some more come the 29th, should I bother sending in any of my senior year achievements to these schools? I believe that some of my accomplishments are very significant, but am not sure if sending in these materials would have any effect on whether or not I am admitted. All I could find regarding Chicago specifically was that it is not necessary to send any updates, but nothing on whether or not it is permitted. If this policy varies from school to school, I would be willing to post the other schools at which I am waitlisted.</p>

<p>tl dr: Should I send in some of my latest achievments to improve my chance of acceptance from the waitlist?</p>

<p>Thanks for any replies</p>

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<p>This user should answer your question.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1308419-advice-waitlisted-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1308419-advice-waitlisted-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As a parent of a waitlisted student who got in to UofC at end of April and a friend’s D also got off the waitlist who is graduating from UofC this year, I’d like to give some of my observations to those in the same predictment.</p>

<p>First of all, waitlist is like a rejection, just a hair better. If you check the stats, chances for those who got off the waitlist are very slim to none. You are hanging on a thread, a very thin thread. While be admitted to a school like UofC is a crapshoot, it is more so in the waitlist bucket.</p>

<p>Secondly, you must update your profile diligently, if not, you are not going to be considered. Screatching wheel gets the oil, that is very true in this case.</p>

<p>Thirdly, you have to have the passion for the waitlisted school which you are most interested, in other words, it has to be your #1 school. If you have 5 waitlisted school, You should now pursue only one, at most two. As far as I’ve observed, the two who got off the waitlist, spend a lot of their energy to contact the school relentlessly, the more communication, the better. In these cases, they all got off the waitlist of U of C.</p>

<p>Fourth, Don’t let anyone else fool you, Students enrolled from the Waitlist do not get much financial aid. Forget about the scholarships, you are at the bottom of the barrel, why the school will offer any merit scholarships to you? It will help if you are EFC=0, but I doubt very much they are offering such a student for admission from the waitlist bucket.</p>

<p>Fifth, you have to be prepared to accept the admission offer, if it ever comes. They only give you less than 48 to 72 hours to think about if. Why spend the energy to pursue this if you are not prepared to accept? </p>

<p>Good luck to all, fwiw.</p>

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<p>If I do not get offered outright admission and the offer comes from a waitlist, neither the lack of financial aid nor the 48-hour time window will be an issue.</p>

<p>Anyway, thanks for the advice. It’s hard to say which school is my #1 since they’re all top universities and I would be eager to attend any one of them</p>