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Waitlisted by my safety school?
I recently got into George Washington Univeristy and Northeastern University (both which were kind of targets/safetys) and got an 80k and 40k scholarship with each, respectively...I also got into UMASS (major safety, obviously, but I got into the honors program and have a full ride scholarship.) And today I got a letter saying I was waitlisted by American University....they wanted me to go to this website to accept a place on the waitlist and fill out a form saying why I want to go there. American University was the least rigorous school I applied to besides UMASS...this might be presumptuous of me but is it possible that AU waitlisted me because I was overqualified and they didn't think I was going to attend (they KNEW it was my safety school?) My SATs and GPA were all way above AUs average...but at the same time, I also got into UMASS....I probably would rather go to GW or Northeastern over AU, but I still haven't heard back from any of the schools I REALLY want to go to (Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins) so this has got me kind of worried....it would make me feel better to know I got waitlisted because I was overqualified, instead of there being something they really hated about me.... :/
So, for anyone who is knowledgeable about this kind of stuff, is it possible that I was waitlisted because I was overqualified for the school? Or perhaps there was just some strange reason they didn't accept me? (I looked over my AU supplements and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with them...haha....)
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- PastaBellaLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
It is not presumptuous of you, it is intelligent of you. This is how the game sometimes works. They know that you can get into a much better school and that you are their safety school, and have absolutely no intention of attending their school, otherwise you would have given them a more heartfelt essay and cover letter saying something about wanting to attend so you could be near a sick aunt or something like that. They would much prefer to give your offer to another applicant who really wants to be at American U., however, you have all of the qualifications, so they cannot DENY you - so, instead, they called your bluff and have waitlisted you so that they could give an offer to one more person during the early acceptance period. They know that if your heart really was set on AU, that you would be fine with being wait listed, but, they fully expect never to hear from you again, so they can send an offer to one more person in second round.
Congratulations, you are too good for AU and they know it, but they are still holding out hope for you to decide to love their school while they send an offer to someone else.
