IMHO and experience, wait lists suck. I applied to medical schools three times. (third time was a charm.) The first year I applied: 3interviews 3 wait list. Second time I applied 6 interviews and 6 waitlists. Third time I applied 4 interviews, and 1 acceptance....I dont know about the other schools since it was in the Texas system and we match here. My point, it is random if wait list lets you in. They can inform you up untill a few weeks before matriculation. Schools try to fill up all possible slots, and people have been accepted at the last minute.
(and for those people who are wondering why it was so hard for me to get in, I do not know. For my pride, here is my story:
Attended a top 25 University
GPA was the problem: 3. 4 GPA 3.4 Science GPA
35 on MCAT
President of different college clubs
Volunteered in medical and non medical
Research in biomedical sciences
and, according to the schools that I called, I interview well.
Why did I not get into medical school the first or second time?
There are many..many...many people applying to each slot at any given medical school. some people have bad luck.
My advice to you if you have trouble getting, and hopefully you will get accepted this year, do not loose hope. Work for a year in research, and reapply. Keep re-applying if it is what you really want to do with your life. Talk to medical schools and see what areas you can improve upon in your application. (be forewarned, they may just tell you that your application is fine and just reapply, which does not work...hehe)
sorry about the rant
, something personal.
Good luck with all!