Have you been waitlisted at your top choice college or university? Here are suggestions on how to handle the situation…
Contact the admission representative responsible for recruitment of students in Kansas City. This information, if not already known, is usually readily available on the college/university’s admission website. Contact should be made in writing (email is fine, but a “read receipt” is suggested) alerting their office of your interest in pursuing the waitlist. In addition, if the school sent a form that you have to submit to tell them of your interest, do that, too. The email to the admission representative is an extra and is to create a more personal alert, about a student in his/her recruitment territory.
If there is anything significant that has changed for you since submitting your application, the admission representative needs to be updated (new test score, higher GPA after seventh semester, a school award, etc.).
Who wrote letters of recommendation on your behalf already? Ask another teacher to write an additional letter on your behalf. It needs to be specific to your waitlist status, not general in any terms. It must address exactly why you are a strong candidate for that particular campus. It needs to be a teacher who has not already written for you, someone you have for a core subject class this year, someone that teaches a challenging course, and someone who will have new information to offer to the review committee. The letter should be sent directly to the admission representative's attention by postal mail (not email in this case).
You, the student, also need to submit a letter to the committee, making sure to avoid begging for acceptance. Rather, it needs to, just as the new letter of recommendation, be specific and direct about why you are the best candidate to admit if that admission office moves to their waitlist. This is an opportunity to show how well you have researched the campus, why you are a good fit, and what you will contribute to the campus community (both inside and outside of the classroom). It should not, however, simply reiterate what was already submitted in your original application.
Contact the admission representative responsible for recruitment of students in Kansas City. This information, if not already known, is usually readily available on the college/university’s admission website. Contact should be made in writing (email is fine, but a “read receipt” is suggested) alerting their office of your interest in pursuing the waitlist. In addition, if the school sent a form that you have to submit to tell them of your interest, do that, too. The email to the admission representative is an extra and is to create a more personal alert, about a student in his/her recruitment territory.
If there is anything significant that has changed for you since submitting your application, the admission representative needs to be updated (new test score, higher GPA after seventh semester, a school award, etc.).
Who wrote letters of recommendation on your behalf already? Ask another teacher to write an additional letter on your behalf. It needs to be specific to your waitlist status, not general in any terms. It must address exactly why you are a strong candidate for that particular campus. It needs to be a teacher who has not already written for you, someone you have for a core subject class this year, someone that teaches a challenging course, and someone who will have new information to offer to the review committee. The letter should be sent directly to the admission representative's attention by postal mail (not email in this case).
You, the student, also need to submit a letter to the committee, making sure to avoid begging for acceptance. Rather, it needs to, just as the new letter of recommendation, be specific and direct about why you are the best candidate to admit if that admission office moves to their waitlist. This is an opportunity to show how well you have researched the campus, why you are a good fit, and what you will contribute to the campus community (both inside and outside of the classroom). It should not, however, simply reiterate what was already submitted in your original application.
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