Waitlist Championships- class of 2018 Forum

[OhBoyOhBortles]

I think I won this cycle. Final tally.

Waitlisted 8/8 UCLA, GULC, Mich, NU, Penn, Duke, NYU, Columbia
Accepted 0/8

3.5x/17x, late January Applicant

hmm what to do?

Also apply to the entire T14 (minus Berk and YS), and USC+UT+WUSTL+Vandy.

^ Good points.

[viralcow]

4/8 WL: Harvard, Columbia, Chicago, NYU
3/8 Accept: Penn, Duke Georgetown
1/8 Withdrawn: Cornell

3.92 and 170.

[monkeyKT]

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[unperroandaluz]

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[Hikikomorist]

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[Dream_weaver32]

District 5
18 applications
5 Waitlists- Columbia(reserve), Cornell(reserve), SMU, Georgia, Vanderbilt
4 Acceptances- Tulsa, Illinois, Brooklyn, Iowa
7 Dings- Harvard, Penn, Northwestern, Georgetown, Michigan, Boalt, Texas
2 Pending- UVA, WashU

Writing this down made it a little more real.

Final Tally
18 Applications
6 Waitlist/reserve (33%)- Columbia, Cornell, SMU, Vandy, UGA, WashU
4 Acceptances- Tulsa, UIUC, Iowa, Brooklyn
8 Dings- Harvard, Penn, NW, GULC, Michigan, Boalt, Texas

[Mack.Hambleton]

Checking in.

Final tally:

Waitlisted: Yale, Chicago, and Columbia
Accepted: Penn, NYU, Cornell, Berkeley (Withdrew), and UCLA (Withdrew)
Rejected: Stanford

weird spread are you URM? late applicant?

[unperroandaluz]

Checking in.

Final tally:

Waitlisted: Yale, Chicago, and Columbia
Accepted: Penn, NYU, Cornell, Berkeley (Withdrew), and UCLA (Withdrew)
Rejected: Stanford

weird spread are you URM? late applicant?

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[kivel]

8 schools

1/8 Accepted: BC(4/24)
2/8 Wait-listed: WashU, Minnesota
5/8 Pending: BU, Fordham, Penn State, Illinois, Nortre Dame, Vandy

[Yaaaas2013]

Twelve applications

Acceptance-Michigan
WL (8)- Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Northwestern, WashU, Vanderbilt
Rejections (3)- Penn, UVA, UChicago

All LOCIs have been sent in. Will be sending an additional academic LOR and an LOR from my employer.

[Lunaluna]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

[BillClinton Jr]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

Any waitlists in particular that you are leaning towards?

[tuxedocat]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

*presses "retake and reapply" button*

[OhBoyOhBortles]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

*presses "retake and reapply" button*

[Lunaluna]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

Any waitlists in particular that you are leaning towards?

Leaning towards Michigan (top choice right now), Harvard, and Duke. Will visit the first two next week, even thought they said that visiting doesn't help. I've been sending monthly LOCIs religiously to each school. I think that's what got me off the waitlist at UCLA.

[Lunaluna]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

*presses "retake and reapply" button*

At least I have some comrades here to cry with

[Yaaaas2013]

Leaning towards Michigan (top choice right now), Harvard, and Duke. Will visit the first two next week, even thought they said that visiting doesn't help. I've been sending monthly LOCIs religiously to each school. I think that's what got me off the waitlist at UCLA.[/quote]

What exactly did you include in your monthly LOCIs? Did you space out updates or program interests amongst the documents? Your method sounds really intriguing.

[Lunaluna]

Leaning towards Michigan (top choice right now), Harvard, and Duke. Will visit the first two next week, even thought they said that visiting doesn't help. I've been sending monthly LOCIs religiously to each school. I think that's what got me off the waitlist at UCLA.

What exactly did you include in your monthly LOCIs? Did you space out updates or program interests amongst the documents? Your method sounds really intriguing.

I talked about specific strengths of each school as related to my field. Then I gave them updates about what I'm doing at my current job, a language course I'm taking, and some other opportunities. I said that I could provide a LOR from any instructor they chose from my transcript or from any administrative staff they chose (dean, provost, etc). I retook the LSAT and talked about that. I was very honest about whether I would give up $ at other schools so I could attend their school (I would at HLS, Mich, and Duke). Those are the only letters where I said that I'd definitely attend if offered a place.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you want me to share a LOCI with you via PM

[TheProdigal]

Think I'm probably in the running for the top spot here. 170, applied very late.

Waitlists:
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
Cornell
Georgetown
UCLA
Vanderbilt
USC
George Washington

Rejections:
Chicago
Penn
Duke
Berkeley
Texas

Acceptances (with 90%+ scholarships):
WUSTL
Emory
FSU

EDIT: Order

[tuxedocat]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

Any waitlists in particular that you are leaning towards?

Leaning towards Michigan (top choice right now), Harvard, and Duke. Will visit the first two next week, even thought they said that visiting doesn't help. I've been sending monthly LOCIs religiously to each school. I think that's what got me off the waitlist at UCLA.

I'm assuming you're a reverse splitter?

[Lunaluna]

I do think I've earned the title of Waitlist Queen this year. Here we go:

Waitlisted
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
Duke
UVA
Michigan
Northwestern
University of Texas
UCLA- Admitted off WL last week +$

Rejected
Boalt Hall (my top choice)
NYU

Accepted with $
William & Mary
UC Davis
CU Boulder
Lewis & Clark

Haven't heard from Stanford and GULC. Riding waitlists for a while and if there's no luck, probably reapplying next year

Any waitlists in particular that you are leaning towards?

Leaning towards Michigan (top choice right now), Harvard, and Duke. Will visit the first two next week, even thought they said that visiting doesn't help. I've been sending monthly LOCIs religiously to each school. I think that's what got me off the waitlist at UCLA.

I'm assuming you're a reverse splitter?

Yup. 160/4.14

[tuxedocat]

I'm assuming you're a reverse splitter?

Yup. 160/4.14

Yeah don't waste that >4.0 (assuming you didn't go to Garbage State at Landfill) on UCLA. Woof. Just retake in September.

[adil91]

Waitlisted at ND,UVA,and Georgetown so far, still waiting on Vandy and Cornell(probably waitlisted at those two)

[oaktown]

Excuse the ignorance, but doesn't the LSAC service put grades on a 4.0 scale? How did you apply with >4.0 GPA?

[Lunaluna]

Excuse the ignorance, but doesn't the LSAC service put grades on a 4.0 scale? How did you apply with >4.0 GPA?

Nope, their highest is 4.33, since they take A+ into account. My college didn't, so that's why I had a 4.0 UG GPA and a 4.14 LSDAS.