CobraKai wrote:
sage347 wrote:
What can I do to get off the waitlist and get into Johnson, with the short span of time at hand. I got the usual waitlist message that they would like me to strengthen my application. But with the limited amount of time before the waitlist decisions are made, I am clueless about what my options are?
Any help!?
Curious where you got the timeline from? I'm ignorant to the situation, so bear with me, but did the waitlist message say you'll be evaluated along with Round 2 applicants?
If not, what usually happens is that the waitlist will be used to fill the gaps left by the yield (i.e. they were looking for a class of 275, but only 260 accepted offers). What I'm trying to say is, I think you have some time before they re-evaluate you as a WL candidate. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Hey Cobrakai,
This is the exact text mentioned in the waitlist decision "We will provide final decisions for waitlisted candidates on a rolling basis throughout the admissions season. At this point, it is impossible to predict the size of our waiting list, the number of candidates who will receive offers, or the timing of decisions. "
As you can see, they intend to (or atleast say) provide the decisions to waitlisted candidates on a rolling basis throughout the admission season, thats why i feel that there is only a limited amount of time for me to do any considerable strengthening of my application. For example, if I join a certification course which might take upto two months for completion then I wont have any significant updates to provide them for at least that much time. This timeline is also significant since in case they don't fill up all their seats by the 4th round deposit deadline, most waitlisted candidates would have already made deposits to other colleges ( I mean seriously who is gonna wait till 1st may) so they also need to hurry up with the decision making.
Another problem is , no one is answering the calls at johnson for any feedback, as understandably everyone is out on the christmas break, which means more ambiguity for me and more loss of time.