Waitlisted at two schools... why do I feel so bad

[histidine]

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But the numbers that are reported are those of matriculants, right? If so, then there is also bias in terms of the number of students willing to leave their homestates to matriculate to another school OOS.

Scroll up, it's for acceptance.

 

[CarlosDanger]

Thank you. I learned something today. However, note that while Temple gives ~70% of its interviews to OOS applicants, (but to a very low proportion of that applicant pool, < 10% of OOS applicants get an interview) and grants ~60% of its offers to OOS applicants (but IS applicants have better odds of getting an offer if they interview), the IS applicants accept the offers 50% of the time while OOS applicants accept only 33% of the time. It seems to me that they would be chasing what they hope will be the best out of state applicants who are likely to matriculate but end up settling for good IS applicants who want to go there.

Ties to a region, including relatives (but not necessarily parents) who live there, etc can be seen as a a source of "social support" and can be a plus in some circumstances .

Agreed.

 

[lalalapartay012]

Scroll up, it's for acceptance.

Oh, I stand corrected then. Thanks for clarifying. 🙂

 

[KBSama]

So what do you guys think I should do?

Should I start volunteering and getting more activities in case of having to reapply?

I have been just working so I don't really know how to "update" my schools... just tell them i'm working?

 

[pDeluxe]

So what do you guys think I should do?

Should I start volunteering and getting more activities in case of having to reapply?

I have been just working so I don't really know how to "update" my schools... just tell them i'm working?

If you don't have any significant updates, then don't send an update letter. It may come off as desperate. On the other hand, you may want to consider sending an honest interest letter, either pre- or post-interview.