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Notre Dame is a fantastic school, with a robust culture and great programs in engineering, business, and the humanities. If you鈥檝e been waitlisted by ND, we鈥檙e sure this was not the outcome you were hoping for, but that doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檙e done for. Take some time to have the feelings we鈥檙e pretty sure you鈥檙e having, but then come back here for some action items.
Being waitlisted by a dream school is a bummer, but it鈥檚 not necessarily the end of the line. In this post, we鈥檒l lay out what you need to know to increase your chances of admission to Georgetown, and what else you need to be doing to close out a successful college application experience.
Waitlist decisions are, as a rule, not good news. They aren鈥檛 the worst news you can get from a college, which would be a rejection, but if you鈥檙e reading this post you are either disappointed by a waitlist decision from Vanderbilt or trying to plan ahead just in case the next time you open up your email you have a waitlist decision waiting for you. In this post, we鈥檒l prepare you for what comes next, and how to improve your chances of getting into Vanderbilt off of the waitlist.
If you received a waitlist decision from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, you鈥檙e probably pretty disappointed, frustrated, and confused. A waitlist decision is a tough spot to be. It鈥檚 not a no, but it鈥檚 also very far from a yes. We鈥檙e here to help.
Carnegie Mellon (CMU) is an amazing STEM school with a reputation for being innovative, friendly, and full of motivated students. Getting waitlisted from a school that awesome is hard, and we鈥檙e sure you鈥檙e feeling bummed about it. While that鈥檚 totally valid, and we encourage you to take a few days to process, we want you to know you鈥檙e not out of the game yet.
If you鈥檝e been waitlisted by the University of Virginia, or UVA, we鈥檙e here to help. And if you are simply trying to plan head in case of a waitlist, we can help there, too.
If you were waitlisted by Mich, that鈥檚 disappointing 鈥 but it shouldn鈥檛 be devastating. The University of Michigan is now one of the most sought after state-school acceptances in the country, and for good reason. The university is fabulous, and widely respected. As a state school, they highly prioritize in-state students and so the acceptance statistics for Mich are pretty misleading if you are from outside of the state of Michigan. It鈥檚 been reported that the in-state acceptance rate for Mich is as high as 40%, while the published overall acceptance rate for the Fall of 2023 was , which tells us that the out-of-state acceptance rate is much lower than that. So, it鈥檚 hard to get into Mich. It鈥檚 easier to get onto the waitlist. That same year, for first years beginning in the fall of 2023, they offered a spot on the waitlist to more than 30% of applicants. That鈥檚 pretty crazy.
We get it 鈥 your Big City Big Dreams moment has been waitlisted, and you鈥檙e feeling bummed out. NYU has gotten increasingly competitive over the last decade and shows no signs of slowing down, and the increased demand means less spots for tons of deserving kids. Getting waitlisted doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檙e out of contention, and there are things you can do to to help you get off the waitlist and into Washington Square Park.
If you are reading this, you were either waitlisted by the University of Chicago or are very committed to planning ahead. Either way, we鈥檝e got you. In this post, we鈥檒l give you the tools you need to charge a successful future in college, with or without the University of Chicago 鈥 but hopefully with if you play the waitlist right.
Bard College is a beautiful small liberal arts school along the Hudson River, about two hours north of New York City by train. is known for attracting independent thinkers, especially those who are passionate about art and the humanities. Students complete senior projects as part of preparing for graduation that require them to do independent scholarship, research, or another major expression of what they鈥檝e learned at Bard.