Waitlisted

[fragrl0192]

<p>is there anyway to up your chances on a waitinglist to get into UC??</p>

[midmo]

<p>Libby (admissions staff at UChicago) has posted here and on the school’s blog that you must send notes throughout April letting them know you are still interested and updating them on any awards, activities and grades that are relevant. Her message seems to be: don’t just sit there, make us want you.</p>

[idad]

<p>From a student two years ago:

Decision: Deferred, Waitlisted, Accepted!</p>

<p>I did pretty much everything I could to get in here. After I got the waitlist letter, I e-mailed Jenny Connell at least once a week updating her on what I’d been doing; I mailed essays and certificates and such once in a while; I had teachers send additional letters and got letters from new teachers; I asked everyone I could about finding a Chicago alum who would talk to me. (I ended up speaking with three different Chicago grads who contacted Ted O’Neill for me.) I showed the University that I wanted to be there before anywhere else, and it worked; I couldn’t have been more excited when Ms. Connell called.

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