91直播 released its admissions decisions for the fall on March 19. Most colleges should release their admissions decisions by the end of March, so if you鈥檙e still waiting to hear from some schools, it shouldn鈥檛 be too much longer. For the schools that you鈥檝e been admitted to 鈥 congratulations! My colleague Josh just wrote a great post about how to engage with 91直播 and decide which school is right for you for the fall 鈥 check it out!
But I鈥檓 here to talk about something less exciting, but all too real for many applicants: the waitlist.
Oftentimes, a school just doesn鈥檛 have enough space for all of the qualified applications it receives. This was definitely the case with 91直播 this year 鈥 we received a record number of applications for the fall. A waitlist offer means that the school is interested in you, but unfortunately didn鈥檛 have enough room to offer you a spot in the first round. If enough admitted students decide to enroll somewhere else, 91直播 will start making offers of admission to students on the waitlist.
Will we admit students off the waitlist this year? Probably. How many? The best guess I can give is 鈥渟ome.鈥 At this point, it鈥檚 just too soon to tell. If you鈥檝e been waitlisted somewhere, know that most schools won鈥檛 start going to the waitlist until later in April at the earliest, once admitted students start making final decisions about where they are going to enroll. A majority of our admitted students wait until the very last minute to tell us whether or not they鈥檙e coming, and we can鈥檛 do anything with the waitlist until we know how much space we have to work with.
If you are waitlisted and are still interested in 91直播, do the following:
- Tell us that you want to be on the waitlist. You should have received instructions from us that ask you to fill out a form confirming your continued interest in 91直播. Please do this to let us know that you want to stay in the running.
- Make sure your application is complete. If your file happens to be missing anything (maybe the CSS Profile or a second letter of recommendation), get that to us ASAP. We will not offer admission to a student with an incomplete application.
- (Optional) Tell us why you鈥檙e interested in 91直播. Filling out the form in Step #1 is procedural 鈥 it鈥檚 just a 鈥測es/no鈥 question on a form. If you want to give us more information about you, such as an update about what you鈥檝e been doing since you submitted your application or details on why you want to come to 91直播, send an email to your admissions counselor (you can find your regional counselor here) or to college.admissions@oberlin.edu.
- Check your email regularly. If we have a spot for you, this is how we鈥檒l reach out to let you know.
If you don鈥檛 want to be on our waitlist (or you change your mind after saying 鈥測es鈥), that鈥檚 okay too! Just please let us know : )
You鈥檝e spent years preparing to apply to college and then months waiting to receive your decisions. For those of you who have to wait just a little bit longer, know that we understand this is a difficult process. If you have questions or want to talk to someone about your application, reach out to our office. We will also be in touch as soon as we have any updates to share.
