megshoe

I agree that you should just let it go. Submitting supplementary materials, especially ones "explaining low grades," is likely not to be taked into consideration or at all, or viewed very positively. If the rest of your application is exceptional enough, you'll be admitted despite your grades and even with the explanation, they probably wouldn't have cared about it unless the rest of your app stood out. As previous poster said, perhaps bring it up in an interview, but otherwise let it go and wait it out. Believe me, I understand how agonizing it is.

It's a shame they don't let you know where you are on the waiting list... But I guess it's a lot less stressful for the uni in the long run. It's probably better just to write the waitlist university off in your mind. All you can do is be happily surprised! I generally take "wait-listed," as "probably not." As a previous poster said, if the school isn't terribly prestigious, or there's lots of options in your field, your chances will most likely be higher as applicants opt for other programs.

I've only submitted two of my applications so far (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy) and Global Political Economy at Uni Kassel... Admissions haven't even opened for my other programs! I'm hoping to hear back from Willy Brandt's rolling admissions in sixish weeks, but right now grad school is my only plan for being able to stay in Germany after my visa expires in September. The agony is killing me! I just want to start getting decisions like everyone else....