Yeah, I'm on a lot of waiting lists, but I think these schools are effectively "stretches" for me, and none are terribly likely. I sent frequent updates, more letters of recommendations, and a letter of intent to Vanderbilt and still couldn't get onto that short waiting list. I wonder if Dr. Sagen would enlighten me....
Emory seems to be a slow-moving massive unpredictable list that is "unranked". Pittsburgh looks to have already accepted a large quantity of folks, and I haven't been placed on any of the shorter lists. Case Western, at least, I made their Alternate List which last I heard had ~175 people on it, so I'm mildly optimistic about that one. I'm also waiting on University of Southern California, as well as Columbia like everyone else on the planet.
Kind of annoying these lists; I'm really excited about Ohio State, but every time I send updates to these other schools it's like I'm talking myself out of OSU and would only ever be happy at School X.