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Waitlisted? What To Do Next

Berkeley² Academy

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

The Koppelman Group

If you’ve landed on this page, you were likely waitlisted and wondering what your next steps are. The number of students admitted from Middlebury’s waitlist varies year after year; it depends entirely on their yield from accepted students. But we don’t need to sell you on Middlebury.

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Stay in the Game: Navigating Deferrals and Waitlists

Princeton College Consulting

While being deferred or waitlisted can be disappointing and in many respects can feel like a rejection, it is important to understand what being deferred or waitlisted means. With deferrals and waitlists you are still very much in the game but what you do from that point forward can make a significant difference.

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How to Get Into Medical School: The Ultimate Guide (2024)

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

After helping thousands of students get accepted to med school for nearly 20 years—and answering every imaginable question about how to get into medical school—I decided to write a guide that covers all medical school requirements, from various degree programs and extracurricular activities to MCAT prep, admissions essays, and interviews.

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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.