Hello guys.
I was waitlisted at X,Y schools this year, and I'm planning on reapplying to the same X,Y schools again this upcoming cycle. I am aware that the general consensus is to drastically improve your application before reapplying. However, when I called these X,Y school admissions to ask what I could do to improve my weaknesses that resulted in waitlists, they both told me that I am already competitive and I was simply beaten by the nature of competition. I thought my interview was the problem for both schools, but they said my interviews were fine and they don't seem to be the major problem. I'm not sure if they told me the truth, but I have a feeling they didn't tell me some of the stuff because they would rather keep some of the things confidential to avoid conflicts or potentially offend me.
Anyway, I've been continually working full-time at a clinic and performing research at a lab, so I didn't do anything drastically "new", other than adding a lot of additional hours to them. I re-wrote my PS from scratch, and I like it a lot better than my previous one.
How likely is it that these X, Y schools are going to re-interview me again next year? Are wait-listees in advantage/disadvantage in this case? or would they treat us the same as the first-time applicants?
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you guys.
I was waitlisted at X,Y schools this year, and I'm planning on reapplying to the same X,Y schools again this upcoming cycle. I am aware that the general consensus is to drastically improve your application before reapplying. However, when I called these X,Y school admissions to ask what I could do to improve my weaknesses that resulted in waitlists, they both told me that I am already competitive and I was simply beaten by the nature of competition. I thought my interview was the problem for both schools, but they said my interviews were fine and they don't seem to be the major problem. I'm not sure if they told me the truth, but I have a feeling they didn't tell me some of the stuff because they would rather keep some of the things confidential to avoid conflicts or potentially offend me.
Anyway, I've been continually working full-time at a clinic and performing research at a lab, so I didn't do anything drastically "new", other than adding a lot of additional hours to them. I re-wrote my PS from scratch, and I like it a lot better than my previous one.
How likely is it that these X, Y schools are going to re-interview me again next year? Are wait-listees in advantage/disadvantage in this case? or would they treat us the same as the first-time applicants?
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you guys.