•••quote:•••Originally posted by amp:
•So having nothing better to do I looked back at the posts from this time last year regarding waitlists, especially about our favorite school. Not to perpetuate rumors in this already-mysterious process or anything, but does anybody know the truth behind the "priority waitlist/ second-priority waitlist" thing? Someone posted that there are two waitlists. Supposedly if your letter said you were on an unranked waitlist, then you are in the priority group. I guess the other letters say something else. Also there was some discussion about exactly how many people are on the different waitlists and how many get off it each year. I know this information is not that important anyway to my situation, but it makes me feel better during the wait...•••••This priority/2nd priority waitlist must be what Gower meant by "two" waitlists last year, one of which had a fairly high movement therefore many got in off the list. So my curosity drove me to make a call and confirm if such exists. When I asked the monotone guy about it(yes, he may be my ultimate source of errors), he said they used to have two waitlists but have only one this year. Of course, we gotta remember about how each one of us receives different responses from the same person. 🙄 This is only "my theory". The monotone dude is right about one waitlist...but just so far. It probably is true that the waitlist is unranked as the letter states. However, when the committee re-look at all of us waitlistees' files in "a couple of weeks", they will divide the group into two, 1st and 2nd priorities, and pull people off the 1st priority list to fill in the void. Anyway, I will call Deanna soon and see what's up. I will also confirm about how many of us have been waitlisted. 200 seems awfully a lot..but then 100 sounded too good to be true. If they are done with interviewing, maybe she can give me a more accurate #.