Alternate Candidate List

[applicant31]

Hello! Has anyone been placed on the wait list (alternate candidate list) and know how many people are generally on it? Or does anyone know when I am most likely to get an acceptance call (if at all)? I imagine it varies school by school, but I am wondering what my chances are and the school I have been waitlisted at does not provide much information. Any guidance or success stories would be greatly appreciated!

[Blynn12]

I was accepted 2 weeks prior to the start date.  I had no idea that I'd been placed on an alternate list as the school never contacted me.  I assumed I wasn't accepted and so I moved on by doing what I needed to improve my application.  There were a handful of others in my class accepted off the alternate list, most were notified at some point during the summer.  So, I have no great advice other than to think about how you can improve your stats, but I do wish you luck in hearing back sooner than later!

[CAAdmission]

You can get pulled of the wait list pretty much up to the first day of class. There is a lot of shifting among candidates these days.

[rev ronin]

I was waitlisted at 2 places, rejected outright at 2, and had one clean accept, which I took, the year I made it in.  Several plenty awesome peers made it in off the waitlist, including one of our honor graduates, a class officer, and one who is now on faculty, if I'm remembering correctly.

[ama6051]

Not sure how many people are on the waitlist, but I'd imagine there's large differences depending on the school. I personally was pulled off mid-January for a program starting in June. I was one of the first people to be pulled off, but ~30% of my current class was waitlisted first before being accepted!