Should I formally accept and forget about the rest

[CoyoteBlue]

So I've been wait listed at two schools I was very interested in Attending and this other one that wasn't my top choice but has a very good program(Big department, lots of research I'm interested in and lots of funding). I am wondering if I should just bite it and forget about those other guys who clearly didn't see value in me. I am leaving to hike across the continent in a month anyway I want to forget about it all and enjoy my life. 

[inerted]

Being Waitlisted is difficult (I know it's my only chance to get into grad school at this point), but don't take it personally. If they are your top choice it is definitely worth waiting it out. 

[Entangled Phantoms]

2 hours ago, CoyoteBlue said:

So I've been wait listed at two schools I was very interested in Attending and this other one that wasn't my top choice but has a very good program(Big department, lots of research I'm interested in and lots of funding). I am wondering if I should just bite it and forget about those other guys who clearly didn't see value in me. I am leaving to hike across the continent in a month anyway I want to forget about it all and enjoy my life. 

Oh jeez. I know the process is frustrating, but don't take it personally. At this point in the process, none of us is much more than a piece of paper with numbers on it.  

[victoriaaa]

I understand your feeling, I'm in a similar boat myself waiting on the results from one more school, but if one of them is your top choice, then I'd say wait it out. In my case, my top choice accepted me and I'm getting antsy waiting for the other which I'm still considering because it has good research (and possibly more funding), but if you've been wait listed by your top choice, there's still a chance you might get it. Wait lists don't mean they don't want you, they mean they do want you but admittance is competitive. If they didn't see value in you, they'd have rejected you.

[rising_star]

I would wait it out if there's any chance that you'd accept the program you're on the wait list of over the other two programs you've already been admitted to.