I was waitlisted at the undergraduate program I ended up attending. I heard in March about the news and wasn't very determined to do architecture then, so i though i'd go off and study in the faculty of science in that same university.

in july following that, i started looking through courses to pick classes for the fall and maybe even a major. then i realized i actually really wanted to do architecture. 

so i called the arch department and told them that i had gotten excellent grades on my final exams for the IB, better than my school year grades. i also expressed high motivation. they asked me to fax my grades and accepted me the following day.

if you know anybody within the school, it would be great for you to try to get help from them, because they can have a lot of influence on the waitlist.

another strategy would be to try to get in touch with a professor whose work you really like, and enter in dialogue. if that person likes you they sure can help you get in.

i'd say that visiting the school on a different day than open house and trying to speak with people (and professors) would be a good way to go too.

good luck!

dear shawnswisher,

there are only 17 m.archII spots at yale.

i have one of them. 

$20k in a steel briefcase and its yours.

Dear James Petty,

I can give you 10k. Think about it. You don't really want to go to Yale, do you? I mean, it's cold there.

(Seriously, though, are you thinking of other programs? Because I would be happy to tell you why all of those other ones are better and why you should choose them over Yale.)

haha... Yale has sorta been my dream school for several years. No where else I would rather be. Dont worry though, Im sure there are some who got in that will take an offer to the GSD or Princeton or wherever and you'll get a spot. 

@shawnswisher

where else did you get in? Michigan is def. an amazing school

The YSOA letter to wait-listed applicants implies that the list is ranked. I'm sure appealing your interest to the school won't hurt,  but it's likely that the wait-listed applications are just going to go through another round of review (and that's only if YSOA doesn't get enough admittees to enroll by the April deadline.)