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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read some of the waitlist posts from previous years. You will hear anecdotal stories of people getting off of waitlists but the are very few and far between. Many schools (GDS, Potomac, Maret) will waitlist the vast majority of non-admitted applicants. It spares them having to deny a student and they seem not to care about the deceptive message that the kid still has a good chance.  The colleges publish their waitlist data and the more competitive schools are often 1-5% off a waitlist. I would guess that they are the same around DC independents.

But don't worry, soon you'll get lots of threads about people who think that every kid who is admitted and chooses a different school triggers a kid off the waitlist. It's an annual DCUM tradition. [/quote]

So Waitlist is really a No. Why bother wasting everyone's time.[/quote]

They’re a no for most people. In 2 weeks, we’ll see umpteen posts here about waitlists, and did they move, and does anyone know anyone declining a slot at some school (I guess in hopes that the waitlist gets tapped for every decline… spoiler, that’s not how it works). But then a handful of folks will know someone who knows someone who got off the waitlist and there’s hope. But, the vast majority of waitlisted kids won’t see movement.[/quote]

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