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Waitlisted? What To Do Next

Berkeley² Academy

As we move through the Spring semester, more and more college admissions decisions will be available to prospective students. However, some students may find themselves placed on a school’s waitlist. A waitlist decision puts prospective students in limbo. Most responses will be a final decision of acceptance or rejection.

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What to Do if You’ve Been Waitlisted by Northwestern 2024

The Koppelman Group

They report that they do waitlist qualified students, and they report the number of students let in off the waitlist every year, but they don’t disclose the full context. For first-year students incoming in the Fall of 2020, 108 students were let in off the waitlist. What does this mean for you if you’ve been waitlisted?

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UT Austin Shake-Up: Testing Required and a New Early Action Program

Top Tier Admissions

UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. all else equal.” ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors.

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Top Private Universities Offer ‘Guaranteed’ Transfer Option

BestColleges

Universities offer guaranteed transfers to strong applicants instead of putting them on a waitlist. Heading into the fall admissions season, students understand the potential results of their college applications: get in, get deferred (if applying early), get waitlisted, or get rejected. Earn a GPA of at least 3.5,

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UT-Austin Announces Significant Changes for Freshman Fall 2025

Tex Admissions

Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years. UT-Austin’s press release makes a similar argument to pro-testing universities in general that SAT scores correlate with one’s college GPA and likelihood of graduating on time. A Waitlist Like the essay change, I support this modification.

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How to Write a Great Medical School Letter of Intent or Letter of Interest (Example Included)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

You’ve put in tons of study hours to achieve a strong GPA and MCAT score , applied for the best physician shadowing and volunteering opportunities, took initiative and demonstrated leadership across your extracurricular activities , and worked your tail off to write great application essays.

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College Admissions Glossary of Terms

Admissions Village

An example of this might be that each student must take 2 natural science classes, 2 social science classes and 3 semesters of a language etc. Possible decisions include acceptance/admission, deferral to the regular decision pool (for applications submitted in the early rounds), placement on a waitlist, or denial of admission.