Don't make these mistakes.
Need help getting into college? Here's some advice about what NOT to do if you end up on your top-choice school's wait list , from the book "How to Survive Getting into College" (Hundreds of Heads Books, $13.95), straight from people who've done it:
Call when you are crying or angry. Make your reasoned case yourself (your parent should not call!) it will be noted in your application, and you should be put on a shorter list.
Become a pain. E-mailing or calling daily may look like a good plan, but attacking the AO and sending in extra information every day can become annoying and cause the AO to dislike you instead of wanting to be your advocate. Send letters and make phone calls, but be judicious.
Do nothing. Schools will only offer admission to interested students (they want 100 percent yield from the wait-list) so they will not extend offers to students who have not continued to express interest.
Forget that often this is not about you, but about internal admissions needs. Schools wait-list for a number of statistical reasons, and there are applicants AOs love that they will be dying to take from the wait-list later, if they are able to. Your phone call can help assess this.
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