No... Unfortunate.

Ok, I was going to say if they can make a donation that will help. Do you have an option B?

Well In at UC berkeley with no funding, Pratt, Sci Arc and USC with some $ but honestly at this point it makes me so anxious to be waitlisted at my top choice that if this does not workout I might just re-apply. I was thinking of trying really hard to just send a reallt good letter to the admissions office and try my luck but I know how little to none diffeence that can make. What are your views on the situation? Is it even worth it to maybe hit the open house? Idk...

As someone who has been helped during the admissions process, I would probably not do that. We had someone try something similar once, they got a good laugh out of the committee...

Okay, good to know. So just send a letter and hope for the best?

To clarify...they laughed and threw the letter away. You do you though

I'd just wait it out... do you know when last call is?

Well yikes. Nevermind then. They just said they will re-evaluate and contact me after April 22nd...

Nothing wrong with your backup schools...

Plan B would be to go by on the day of registration and see if anyone had to defer at the very last minute. Rather than notify someone on the list a couple of thousand miles away, they might just give you the nod.

Yes for plan B

Interesting plan. Certainly will consider. Any tips on how to approach them though? I don't want to come off as creepy either, should I ask to speak to the head of admissions or just someone in general?

Can you not accept another school and just casually wait it out until you get confirmation on the wait list, then switch? I did that back in the day... even held tens of thousands of bursary dollars on the line for months as I worked my way to a far better school.

Yeah I might just deposit just in case but i'm still debating it since I got a summer internship offer already which can be flexible in case I need to wait one more year for grad school...

"Plan B" won't work, because at that late of a moment they don't continue to take people off the wait list. It's always a given that a tiny number of people will cancel at the very last moment - so they plan for that and just let the class be 1 or 2 people smaller when that happens. Even at this point in the year the admissions committee is done - it doesn't continue to make decisions - so there's usually no sense in calling or meeting with anyone. The wait-list is ranked. If enough spots open up that they decide to tap the wait-list then it's just an administrative task - they start from the top and work their way down to fill whatever spots open up. Some years nobody from the wait list is admitted.  If they do use the wait-list at all they don't typically fill spots that open up past mid-summer.

hi Bluesquare,

I was waitlisted for the MArch program as well, but i just recently learned that I was admitted from the wait list and with a scholarship!  I would follow up with the admission's office to see what the process is like and if they are still admitting students in.

Hope you hear soon!

Hey i got in as well! And with scholarship! Super excited. May I ask how much they gave me?

Gave you*

Congrats Aditi and bluesquare!

Thanks Witty Banter!

Bluesquare, congratulations! Re: the scholarship, it’s not as much as I would have liked, but it’s a little over 30%. What about you?

Thanks Witty Banter! And Aditi, same here, actually. Got 30%, still a lot of tuition left to pay but definitely grateful. Excited to see you there! Maybe I can email you so we can meet up on orientation day.

Awesome! Definitely grateful as I was not expecting anything considering I was on the waitlist!

Can you see my profile? My email might be there. Or you could DM me ? Prefer not to share it on a thread haha

Hey Bluesquare, did you end up sending a letter? Im currently waitlisted at Columbia and wondering if there's anything else I should do.

Its faculty, networking opportunities, and way of looking at design overall are some of the things I like the most about it. I am aware some of the schools I applied to are perfectly good too but I guess I did not realize I would much rather achieve what I intended originally. I did not receive an invitation to an open house so I will much likely not go. So now I am just torn between not doing anything and maybe do something like what Volunteer suggested up there. I don't know. I know chances are slim, anyway but it is definitely something that will keep me anxious until I hear back.

Hmmm unsure yet but looks like I will re-apply if I end up just rejected (most likely) from the waitlist. Did you get in?

NO!! I'm still waiting on Berkeley's decision. Their silence is making me anxious although I have almost no hope of getting into the program since its been weeks of no word from them. I got into USC though