Same- I read somewhere that they interview waitlist more people than they interview or deny so I'm personally considering it a soft rejection, but it'd be a fantastic surprise and I'd absolutely drive 12 hours on short notice lol
Yep that's basically what I'm doing. Already reaching out for my eLORs for next year!
+1 oregon oos
accepted into Davis and will be committing
Same boat here, I would stick to the accepted schools since there's no guarantee for WSU
I was wondering about this, too. I know schools usually have a non-refundable deposit so I'm assuming if you accept then decline you'd lose that money. But I'm just wondering how it works/if it's common.
It's very common for applicants who are accepted at multiple to do this if they are still deciding where to go. I did it myself last year to make sure I had a seat somewhere and then I was pulled off my top programs waitlist right after the deadline so I did not get my money back but it took a weight off my shoulders that I had a seat guaranteed. If you choose to decline and go to a different school you just send the school an email stating that you have decided to accept a different offer and will be declining your seat and that's when they will pull someone off of the waitlist.
It’s very common to do this but you just lose your security deposit. If you are willing to lose that money def put the deposit down and wait for the waitlist decision bc then you for sure have somewhere to go in the fall even if the waitlist doesn’t work out
I would imagine that as April 15th approaches, the waitlists will start to move quickly. People are still waiting to hear from some schools before finalizing their decisions.
Waitlisted at Kansas too so I feel your anguish 100%. Waitlisted at LIU but I probably will decline since Long Island is soooo expensive. Waiting to hear back from tOSU and Mississippi State. I think I’ll be hearing back from them starting tomorrow 🙂
In my experience, no not really, and if they do it's like right before the april 15th deadline but definitely after they make the waitlist rankings.
I doubt they will pull anyone before March 15 because the alternate form is not due until then so they can’t really start pulling until that list is finalized so they give themselves about 2 weeks to generate the list and start calling after those rankings are finalized.
Makes sense. Thank you!
Same, IS #6 at tOSU! Do you mind sharing your spot? I know I’ve seen #2 and #7 on this forum so far!
The #2 is me actually, I’m crossing my fingers for both us!!!
Iowa gives us ours March 31. Hopefully the month goes by fast 😬
I’m also curious about this. I was waitlisted at my IS as well.
Unfortunately this really depends year to year. So there is no way to say for sure. Everyone told me Arizona's wait-list moved a lot and then it barely moved last year. So it can change
I was waitlisted IS for UGA last year and I got off in April. I know how hard that wait is. Sending you good vibes!
Thank you so much! Do you happen to know what number you were on the waitlist?
Same. Anyone else here on the UF IS waitlist? I cant find anything on likelihood of getting in.
