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Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:35 pm
by ENGINEERD
I am desperately trying to get off the waitlist at my alma mater...
I want more than anything to get accepted. I know there are a lot of threads on this but they all say the same stuff..
either visit and loci
or
bjs and cookies
I have done one of those things and I wont do the other. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO??? I can't just sit here and wait. Has any one done anything extreme/unique/unusual to get off the waitlist???
I am sure this will turn into a bjs and cookies thread but hopefully somebody out there has some good input!!
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:39 pm
by Burgstaller04
ENGINEERD wrote:I am desperately trying to get off the waitlist at my alma mater...
I want more than anything to get accepted. I know there are a lot of threads on this but they all say the same stuff..
either visit and loci
or
bjs and cookies
I have done one of those things and I wont do the other. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO??? I can't just sit here and wait. Has any one done anything extreme/unique/unusual to get off the waitlist???
I am sure this will turn into a bjs and cookies thread but hopefully somebody out there has some good input!!
Have you thought of BJ's and cake?
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:40 pm
by ENGINEERD
Forgot to mention retake is not an option
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:41 pm
by fiftyonefifty
submit an additional LOR with your LOCI?
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:44 pm
by Matthies
ENGINEERD wrote:I am desperately trying to get off the waitlist at my alma mater...
I want more than anything to get accepted. I know there are a lot of threads on this but they all say the same stuff..
either visit and loci
or
bjs and cookies
I have done one of those things and I wont do the other. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO??? I can't just sit here and wait. Has any one done anything extreme/unique/unusual to get off the waitlist???
Send a another LOCI, by email. Be sure to title it something that will get noticed like: "there is a bomb in the building set to go off in 2 mins" then say, just kidding I"m writing to tell you how much I want to go to your school. other good options: clocktower/rifle, pics of dean with underage shemale hookers.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:05 pm
by Hey-O
Matthies wrote:ENGINEERD wrote:I am desperately trying to get off the waitlist at my alma mater...
I want more than anything to get accepted. I know there are a lot of threads on this but they all say the same stuff..
either visit and loci
or
bjs and cookies
I have done one of those things and I wont do the other. WHAT ELSE CAN I DO??? I can't just sit here and wait. Has any one done anything extreme/unique/unusual to get off the waitlist???
+1
Send a another LOCI, by email. Be sure to title it something that will get noticed like: "there is a bomb in the building set to go off in 2 mins" then say, just kidding I"m writing to tell you how much I want to go to your school. other good options: clocktower/rifle, pics of dean with underage shemale hookers.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:14 pm
by Integrity
You have honestly done everything you can probably do, and now it is time for the ultimate test of patience. Trust me, I am going through the same thing with the wait list process! I feel your pain...
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:34 pm
by Shelley Levene
As Integrity sends in 5 more LOCIs to your alma mater.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:06 pm
by lfgsuperman
Shelley Levene wrote:As Integrity sends in 5 more LOCIs to your alma mater.
Probably the funniest thing I've read on TLS all week.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:17 pm
by RonArtest
An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:24 pm
by anthropologieaddict
RonArtest wrote:An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
I also have a friend that showed up the first day of orientation at a Chicago-area TI school with a seat deposit while still being on the waitlist (also very politely) figuring someone would not show up, he was correct and was offered a spot.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:47 pm
by Integrity
Shelley Levene wrote:As Integrity sends in 5 more LOCIs to your alma mater.
Alright, that was hilarious...!
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:59 pm
by hellomoto
anthropologieaddict wrote:RonArtest wrote:An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
I also have a friend that showed up the first day of orientation at a Chicago-area TI school with a seat deposit while still being on the waitlist (also very politely) figuring someone would not show up, he was correct and was offered a spot.
I heard a similar story regarding a school in the T20. I heard this second-hand, but apparently, one of my friends has a friend who was waitlisted at this school. On the first day, he attended all orientation activities. Afterwards, he showed up at the admissions office with a seat deposit and insisted (I assume politely) that he belonged at the school. They let him in.
I have never met said student, but I was highly skeptical. After hearing some of these other stories, however, there might be a grain of truth.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:02 pm
by 09042014
RonArtest wrote:An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
I'd ding him for being a presumptive asshole.
"Enjoy Penn asshole!" - Dean DF.
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:05 pm
by romothesavior
Desert Fox wrote:RonArtest wrote:An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
I'd ding him for being a presumptive asshole.
"Enjoy Penn asshole!" - Dean DF.
+1
Re: Extreme waitlist ideas
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:24 pm
by anthropologieaddict
romothesavior wrote:Desert Fox wrote:RonArtest wrote:An attorney I work with told me of an undergrad friend who was on the WL at Columbia who successfully got in via a less than typical tactic. He packed all his stuff into a U-Haul and parked it at the admissions office. He went in and told them that he was moving there with or without a seat in this year's class and would appreciate not having to work another year and reapply. Obviously he did this very politely and had a call two hours later with a seat offer.
I'd ding him for being a presumptive asshole.
"Enjoy Penn asshole!" - Dean DF.
+1
Lol I didn't say it would work in all cases, but it is "extreme."