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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher recommendations are important in Gonzaga’s admissions process as well. We know a legacy kid that was waitlisted (read: rejected) because he started to get into trouble in 8th grade. The teacher recs for this kid just weren’t there and no K-8 feeder school is going to risk its future applicant pool for a kid like that. So parents whose kids who are wondering what happened, maybe consider that.

As for getting off the waitlist, no boy is going to just get off the waitlist unless he’s expressed an intense desire to do so. I would have him handwrite a letter and deliver it in person to the Director of Admissions. Then have the principal of the school reach out to Gonzaga and[b] have a teacher write another recommendation for him.[/b] In other words, gently pull out all the stops - but only if Gonzaga is really and truly your son’s first choice. [/quote]

I posted above about my DS getting off the waitlist a couple of years ago.  I would second getting another recommendation. One of his teachers wrote a letter without us asking.  She felt he was a great candidate and saw how upset he was that he didn't get in.[/quote]

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