Off of Waitlist

[mandypo333]

Has anyone gotten off of a waitlist anywhere yet? I guess its still early since it's before April 15 but I was hoping some people may have gotten off already!

[slpdee]

I just got a letter in the mail today saying I was accepted off the waitlist at SEMO. So I guess it does happen this early! It was an unranked list, with them originally only accepting 15 people. I still have the April 15th deadline to accept though.

[Rorororosy]

I saw a few people post on the results page they had got off the waitlist. 

[mxr123930]

Do grad schools have a certain deadline to send out acceptances/rejections? 

[otterbeaslp]

37 minutes ago, slpdee said:

I just got a letter in the mail today saying I was accepted off the waitlist at SEMO. So I guess it does happen this early! It was an unranked list, with them originally only accepting 15 people. I still have the April 15th deadline to accept though.

So what does it mean when a waitlist is unranked? That is my question. I'm on a waitlist for a school that says it has an "unranked" waitlist, and I could not get a clear answer from the graduate coordinator how they then would decide which candidates to take.

Edited April 7, 2016 by otterbeaslp

[slpdee]

33 minutes ago, otterbeaslp said:

So what does it mean when a waitlist is unranked? That is my question. I'm on a waitlist for a school that says it has an "unranked" waitlist, and I could not get a clear answer from the graduate coordinator how they then would decide which candidates to take.

I always just assumed this means that they have a ranking list, but just don't disclose the information.

[Jolie717]

53 minutes ago, otterbeaslp said:

So what does it mean when a waitlist is unranked? That is my question. I'm on a waitlist for a school that says it has an "unranked" waitlist, and I could not get a clear answer from the graduate coordinator how they then would decide which candidates to take.

I don't have concrete experience here, but I would imagine that an unranked waitlist gives the program more flexibility in who they choose and greater odds that the person might accept.  I think the administrators want the whole admissions process finished quickly just as much as we do!  So let's say somebody backs out only one month before classes start.  Do you think they would have greater success in filling a spot by picking an applicant that currently lives in the area, or one who resides on the opposite coast?  We can also imagine that some of their wait listed applicants have expressed continued interest well after the first round was picked.  Let's assume some of them say *this* school is their first choice school. Do they go through the headache of admitting one student on a ranked waitlist after another, only to have them decline?  I'm guessing not.  Honestly all of the people on an SLP program waitlist are likely just as qualified and just as deserving of a spot as the next person on the wait list.

[slpdee]

15 hours ago, mxr123930 said:

Do grad schools have a certain deadline to send out acceptances/rejections? 

Most universities have a soft deadline of April 15th to send out initial acceptances. Really people can get accepted off of the waitlist at any time. One professor told us junior year about accepting someone one week before classes started off of the waitlist. There are also schools out there that don't even send out formal rejections. 

13 hours ago, Jolie717 said:

I don't have concrete experience here, but I would imagine that an unranked waitlist gives the program more flexibility in who they choose and greater odds that the person might accept.  I think the administrators want the whole admissions process finished quickly just as much as we do!  So let's say somebody backs out only one month before classes start.  Do you think they would have greater success in filling a spot by picking an applicant that currently lives in the area, or one who resides on the opposite coast?  We can also imagine that some of their wait listed applicants have expressed continued interest well after the first round was picked.  Let's assume some of them say *this* school is their first choice school. Do they go through the headache of admitting one student on a ranked waitlist after another, only to have them decline?  I'm guessing not.  Honestly all of the people on an SLP program waitlist are likely just as qualified and just as deserving of a spot as the next person on the wait list.

I think really this depends on the school. For example, I'm in California and this school that I got into is in the midwest. I also have a high GPA and have never contacted them, not even after I received the waitlist email. I think that some schools probably go by this, especially closer to May. It has also been speculated that some schools choose candidates off of the waitlist that are similar to the person that they are "replacing" (based off of stats, experiences and interests). I believe if the school won't tell you, you'll probably never know.

[mandypo333]

I'm waitlisted at both University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Our Lady of the Lake University and would really like to get off of the waitlist for at least one of them, however I'm not sure what my chances are. When I contacted both schools, I was told they were unranked at the time, which doesn't provide me much information on what my chances are.

[HooHooHooHoosiers]

I am waitlisted at 5 schools. I emailed two of them asking how many were on the waitlist and if they were able to tell me where I am on the list. Neither have emailed me back so I'm guessing that means they don't have answers to my questions at this point. Kind of frustrating especially when some of them start in the summer. I would like to know if I actually have a chance or not. 

[mayaella]

I got off the waitlist at the University of Akron a couple days ago and received an email from Emerson college saying they were going to start considering their waitlist in the next few days!