Waitlisted and Sending LOI

[blueonion28]

Hi everyone,

I found out today that my dream school (T5) has placed me on a waitlist, and the waitlist is ranked (based on the email they sent). Last week, I was notified that I became a semifinalist for a Fulbright research grant, and I wanted to see if it would be reasonable for me to send an update about this along with an LOI to the school. If admitted off the waitlist, I will 100% choose to attend this school rather than take the Fulbright unless they request me to defer a year to take it. Does anyone have any advice about how I should go about doing this? Thank you!

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[Goro]

Don't bother with the update unless you actually have the Fulbright in hand.

Does this school allow for updates/LOIs?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

If admitted off the waitlist, I will 100% choose to attend this school rather than take the Fulbright unless they request me to defer a year to take it.

Congratulations!

Be careful... schools do not request you take a deferral; you have to ask for one. Also a school may not be willing to give you a deferral and may welcome you dropping off the waitlist to pursue the Fulbright.

I agree to wait until you have the Fulbright and need to decide to take it.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Agree this update won’t help you

 

[gyngyn]

The LCME requires that schools with a ranked waitlist march relentlessly down the enumerated list without deviation.
Thus, neither letters, awards nor deferral requests will affect the timing of offers.