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cara susanna

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  1. I should maybe add that I already knew the waitlist was ranked from a conversation I had with the director during the program's interview weekend.

    Perhaps I should have expressed my interest as well, but I think that just asking where you're ranked shows interest.

  2. Guys, it's perfectly all right to ask what your ranking is. I just asked straight-forward: "May I inquire as to what my ranking on the waitlist is? Thank you." I got a response that was very informative and even a little encouraging.

    At this point, they already like you or you wouldn't be waitlisted. I think it's harder to screw that up than we convince ourselves in our anxiety; besides, if it's ranked, I don't know how easy it is to move you up or down anyway.

  3. As someone who is waitlisted at her last option, I am admittedly biased but please, please do not wait until April 15 unless you're waitlisted at another program or you really need that time to decide. But keep in the mind that the kind of program I'm applying to requires interviews (so most people would have visited already) and you can't hold onto more than 2 offers at a time, so...

  4. Here's something I have learned from my own ordeal of applying: do NOT take anything they say post-interview seriously until you have the actual acceptance in hand. Twice I was told during interviews or in response to my thank you notes that profs would be rooting for me and liked me and blah blah blah, and bam, rejected or waitlisted. I know other people to whom this has happened, as well.

    I'm sorry, I'm so bitter and cynical. :(

  5. Yes, a lot of people have gotten in off of the waitlist. You just have to be patient.

    I didn't apply to only one school, but I've been rejected everywhere but this program where I'm waitlisted, and it also happens to be my top choice. Sigh...

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