I thought that all waitlist requests were due on May 1. So when I went online and decided to accept the waitlist today with my additional information, I surprisingly found that it was due on April 15… Is it possible that if I send an email to admission office and explain, they would give a chance? Thanks! I am so worried right now…
I have no idea…but why wait for a response here? I would contact them right away!
Hi, I did contact them. But I am so unsure… I am freaking out because on their website they said that we can’t make changes after April 15… OMG why not all colleges have the same due date for waitlist requests…
The real question is why didn’t you accept the waitlist offer as soon as you saw the decision?
April is the last month of my senior year with tons of HW. I thought that I would have plenty of time to complete my additional information after the end of the year before May 1… but…well…
May 1st is when accepted applicants have to commit to a school- that’s not the date for waitlist requests Always respond to the waitlist as soon as possible. There’s usually only a couple weeks to respond to a waitlist.
I think you need to focus on selecting a school you were admitted to.
Imagine you are the applicable Regional Admissions Officer at one (or more) of your wait-listed schools. It is quite difficult to be admitted from the wait-list, and here comes a kid who replies weeks later than the deadline, fundamentally because he was so disinterested that he did not carefully ascertain the requirement. How would you feel? What would you do?
Sorry to hear that. I also just assumed that the waitlist was open until today, although we decided nearly immediately that D would not accept a spot at her first choice school. I was actually thinking about it yesterday and almost did it for her, just for yucks, and not tell her. Again, sorry, but grab the best school on your “accepted” list, do it now before the deadline hits!
Unfortunately there’s a very small chance that you will be added back onto the waitlist LET ALONE accepted off the waitlist. You need to focus more on an actual school that you want to attend – May 1 is TOMORROW.