Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

There are few things more anti clear-cut than decisions like defer and waitlist. Some colleges may have you write an additional essay, give you the option of submitting an additional letter of recommendation, offer a virtual interview, etc. Our most viewed blog of 2020 was What does being deferred mean?

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

But, since it’s that time of year in admissions land, I’m going to embrace those two letters to explain a few truths about waitlists. Can I give someone from the waitlist my spot? Is the waitlist ranked? A waitlist for a college is not the same as a line outside of a concert or restaurant. Here is an example.

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AdmissionSight

MARCH 3, 2025

In this blog, we break down NYUs acceptance rates, including yield rate, Early and Regular Decision admit rates, transfer, and waitlist acceptance rates. First, it makes things tougher for waitlisted candidates since fewer admitted students are giving up their spots. Letter of recommendation. What Is NYUs Acceptance Rate?

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Factors to Consider When Committing to a College What to Do if You’re Waitlisted Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways How Do You Commit to a College? What to Do if You’re Waitlisted Getting waitlisted can be nerve-wracking, especially when some colleges admit very few students off their waitlist.

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

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. For more on what to include in this letter please read our blog. Letter of Intent: Not to be confused with a letter of continued interest.

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CTK College Coach

JUNE 27, 2024

Maintain strong relationships with teachers and ask early for letters of recommendation Do not sleep on this: teacher recommendations are an important component of most students’ college applications. Be patient: deferrals and waitlists Oh, the agony of the deferral! After the deferral he was waitlisted (!)

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 6, 2024

However, some students may find themselves placed on a school’s waitlist. In this blog, we’ll go through what being waitlisted means, what to do about it, and how to strategically move forward with other college decisions. A waitlist decision puts prospective students in limbo.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 14, 2025

Breaking it down further, 1,275 students were admitted through Regular and Early Action, while nine were offered spots from the waitlist. Letters of recommendation. Provide two teacher recommendations (one from math/science and one from humanities/social sciences) and one from your counselor. This resulted in a 4.5%

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Admissions Mom

JANUARY 1, 2025

So many students don’t bother because they see the stats on how few students get in off waitlists and just give up. Additional Letters of Recommendation: Some colleges will accept additional letters of recommendation if they explore a different area of who you are. Don’t let this be you.

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SSA Online College Prep

JANUARY 5, 2024

How do college waitlists work ? How do colleges decide who is admitted off the waitlist? Waitlisted? Here’s What You Should Know Were you waitlisted and are you now wondering about your odds? How does the college waitlist work? When do I get a decision ? How can I increase my chances of admission ? Don’t panic.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

After the long process of college applications, it can be tough to be waitlisted at one of your top choice colleges. The first thing to do is to decide if you want to accept a place on the college's waitlist. Some colleges use their waitlists more than others. You can accept a spot on more than one waitlist.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Many schools maintain a waitlist, and UNC is one of them. This is when they start to pull from the waitlist. UNC’s waitlist is competitive, and where you live will affect it. UNC is thankfully very upfront about publishing data and FAQs about their waitlist. If you want to be on the waitlist, you must accept your spot.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

So you have been waitlisted at UVA; you might be asking yourself, ok, what do I do now? Getting waitlisted isn’t fun, we’re sorry. UVA actually publishes a sizable list of FAQs about their waitlist. They are very transparent about their waitlist, which is honestly refreshing. Who is on the waitlist right now?

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

If you’ve ended up on this post, you’ve most likely been on the receiving end of a waitlist offer from NYU — or you’re nervous you might get one and want to have a plan of action in advance in case you do. So, if you’ve been waitlisted, it likely has little to do with who you are and has a lot to do with demand for beds.

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 3, 2023

Being waitlisted by Stanford is even less likely than getting in. Only about 1% of applicants are offered a space on the waitlist each year, or between 600 and 1200 students depending on application numbers. Then, if they were off a little, they can dip into the waitlist if they need to. How could this be, you ask?

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years. A Waitlist Like the essay change, I support this modification. UT has announced an “Introduction of a waitlist. Most students will be notified as early as March 1 if they are admitted from the waitlist.” Applies to students who are not automatically admitted.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vanderbilt did not share the number of students who were given a waitlist decision the most recent cycle for which they released comprehensive statistics (2021-2022), but they did share how many students were selected off of the waitlist. That year, 221 students made it off of the waitlist. They see their waitlist as an asset.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 28, 2024

If you’re here, you probably made the waitlist for Amherst, and you’re a little worried about what comes next, no fear – we’re here. In 2023, Amherst placed 924 applicants on their waitlist, and 599 students accepted their spot on the waitlist. You’re gonna sit down and write a letter of continued interest.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

But you are obviously aware of how competitive Penn is because you’re here for something else – waitlist info. Before we talk about how to get off the waitlist, let’s dive into their recent data re: waitlist. Out of those 2,508 students, 147 were admitted off the waitlist. You gotta tell them that you wanna be there!

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Ivy College Essay

MAY 5, 2023

What Are My Chances of Getting Off An Ivy League Waitlist like Harvard? With an acceptance rate of less than 10%, it’s no surprise that many qualified candidates are placed on a waitlist rather than receiving a definitive acceptance or rejection. First, what is a waitlist? You are in limbo, waiting for a decision.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you’ve been waitlisted by Columbia, you know the path to admission is very hard, but not completely impossible. Today, we’re going to talk about the actionable things you can do to get off the waitlist. First, let’s see Columbia’s data on their waitlist! …oh. You need to write this letter ASAP, and it needs to be perfect.

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CTK College Coach

APRIL 10, 2024

First, read the admissions letter. It may provide answers to the following questions: May I send additional letters of recommendation? Will the school consider a letter of continuing interest (LOCI)? The college doesn’t want to risk accepting a student who turns down the offer and reduces the college’s high yield rates.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

But you’re not here for that basic knowledge, you’re here for waitlist info. For 2022, which is the most recent data we have, we know that Stanford offered the waitlist to 553 students, and 457 of those students accepted their spot on the waitlist. If you need help with the Stanford waitlist questions, reach out to us today.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

JANUARY 31, 2023

There’s so much advice floating around about waitlists and letters of continued interest. Now that you know what their priorities are, here is what we recommend for your waitlists: Follow the college’s instructions Some colleges welcome so-called Letters of Continued Interest; others don’t.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s a less-than-simple math equation, trying to guess what the yield rate will be — and any students accepted off of the waitlist are a result of that yield guess being off. While we don’t know how many students were waiting on the waitlist, we do know that not a single student was accepted off the waitlist that year.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As they’ve become a preferred college of top high school students, Rice hasn’t had to lean on their waitlist to fill the first-year class. But they also don’t brag about how few students they let in off of the waitlist (which some other schools do — rude, we agree). Get on the Waitlist First, you need to get on the waitlist.

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 10, 2023

Here’s the deal: If you’ve been waitlisted, you have some decisions to make… Let’s get started! IMPORTANT PSA ABOUT YOUR PHONE: If you accept or have accepted waitlist positions, be sure that your phone is charged and working and that you can accept voicemails. Don’t check it obsessively. That’s not healthy.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is where the waitlist comes in. Notre Dame has a waitlist, but they don’t share the numbers. In the 2022-2023 Common Data Set, they went so far as to omit the waitlist numbers from the reporting form, even though comparable highly-selective schools share them. That’s simply the cost of playing the waitlist game.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ask for advice on which high school teachers to ask for letters of recommendation. Ask two teachers for letters of recommendation. Determine if there is a third person whom you can ask for an additional letter of recommendation, if a specific college allows you to submit one.

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 6, 2024

Here’s the deal: If you’ve been waitlisted, you have some decisions to make… Let’s get started! IMPORTANT PSA ABOUT YOUR PHONE: If you accept or have accepted waitlist positions, be sure that your phone is charged and working and that you can accept voicemails. Don’t check obsessively. That’s not healthy.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

There will be a waitlist for the first time, only applicable to those who are not automatically admitted. Most students will be notified as early as March 1 if they are admitted from the waitlist.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

(Recommended reading: The Ultimate Guide to College Visits ) (Recommended reading: How to Show Demonstrated Interest to Colleges ) May of your junior year Take AP exams. Request letters of recommendation. Submit waitlist letters to schools that placed you on their waitlist. Study for ACT or SAT.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

Though I was placed on a few waitlists, I ultimately did not receive an acceptance offer. With just 200 characters on the table, you likely won’t have room for much else. Example: I applied to medical school during the 2020–2021 application cycle.

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Ivy College Essay

JANUARY 2, 2024

Letters of Recommendation: Letters of recommendation play a crucial role in the transfer application process. Check out my other blog articles, as well: How to Get Off Harvard’s Waitlist Want to Transfer to an Ivy League College — There’s Still Hope! appeared first on Ivy College Essay.

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the college spy

MAY 20, 2020

Students cannot use senior year grades, activities and letters of recommendation to boost their applications. Students cannot use senior year grades, activities and letters of recommendation to boost their applications. ED Tips from The College Spy: You must be 100% committed to attending your Early Decision college.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 26, 2025

Heres my best advice for handling this fraught day: Ivy Day 2024 CTK College Coach As we head toward May 1, the enrollment deadline for US colleges, our students are asking these questions, and you may be too: Is there any chance to get off of a colleges waitlist ? What steps can I take if I am waitlisted? Did I say patience?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Everything you need to know to get into law school, including how your GPA, LSAT score, personal statement, and letters of recommendation impact your admissions to America's top law schools. Part 4: Law school letters of recommendation Your narrative must be corroborated and complemented with letters of recommendation.

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