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"Priority" wait list? |
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There are Priorities and then there are... |
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05/14/2000 |
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Perhaps we can get back on track in this topic? Why do schools wait list some people? Is it just, "well, we liked you, but not enough to let you attend"? I mean, they know from experience how many people will attend, so how often do they actually use the wait list? Boalt said maybe five people, maybe none get in off the wait list, of a list of two hundred. Does anyone know if wait list means perhaps that the committee was split on a decision? The true cynic in me thinks that it also may be a way of covering themselves in case of lawsuits. Perhaps law students who are not minorities get put in this grouping? I realize this is very cynical and un pc but I am just wondering. Furthermore, it is fine with me if that is the case because I am a believer in affirmative action. Probably, my overanalytical mind is just going overboard but any shred of a clue would be appreciated. Anyone who has gotten in after being waitlisted? When and how would be helpful too!
Stressing in Purgatory
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If you think that being on a priority wait list for law school is grueling, then imagine what the suspense must be at the Cambridge Public Schools' kindergarten wait list. It's such a high pressure tunnel getting into this important pre-pre-pre professional program that they have a separate URL for frequently asked
questions: www.cps.ci.cambridge.ma.US/admin/registration/FAQkind.html.
Now if only law schools would provide applicants with the detailed answers these pre-schoolers get.
I always thought "priority wait list" meant that hell needed to be only good and frosty, and not a sheet of ice, before admission was possible.
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