Oregon has a class of like 50 with 16 OOS. with not doing interviews, it's tough to get in.
I sympathize with both of you obviously because my IS waitlisted me. I was pretty far down too apparently, because it did move some. And in my file review they said my chances next year purely hinged on the competitiveness of the rest of the pool. Basically, I was competitive, but there were people that were even better. I was stuck because the quantative way my school does things, and there's nothing I could really improve on to boost my chances. I didn't need to retake classes, my folder review went great, my interview was good... At most I could've retaken the gre, but even then, that wouldn't gain a lot of points. I'm attending an OOS that lands on the cheaper side but not a day goes by that I dont worry about finances.
