[美国&加拿大] WL经验贴：下Waitlist是玄学，可是也要把该做的做了 [复制链接]

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发表于 2017-4-11 01:02:07 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

发现寄托上还有一些人私信我waitlist的事情，把前阵子写的文章帖过来，希望大家都能下dreamschool的waitlist~

申请季已经到三月末啦，相信结果应该已经出的差不多了，而这几年t14的趋势就是给waitlist给的特！别！多！虽然说下waitlist是玄学，但是仍然要努力，主动一点总没有错。

这是我之前写的关于wl的建议，

1. 最容易下的t14 wl是乔治城和康奈尔，而且今年由于乔治城变成了t15可能会更好录。这俩下wl一般也是有钱的，具体情况根据我的朋友圈而言是6-12w不等。
2. “我进这个学校的几率是多少“其实毫无意义，因为wl这个不是你能控制的，比如那一年是缺高分还是缺高gpa，男生多还是女生多，亚裔多还是拉美裔多，是不是还缺lgbt.... 一般学校缺啥补啥，你真只能看运气。
3. 比较合适的规划是就当全部录不了，做好打算去后面一所学校，进行正常的社交和准备，房子可以七月份再找不急，定金请在deadline之前交。
4. 对于gap这件事情我个人觉得能去工作可以考虑，其他master项目和“环游世界“什么的就算了，相信我你会跟我一样在家练一暑假的LOL的。而且年龄越大1L学习越吃力，这个真没办法。

这里再回答几个很多人问的问题，

什么时候应该写Letter of Continued Interest（LOCI）？

A：拿到wl的时候就应该开始写了，最好直接回复“thanks for putting me on waitlist, I would love to stay on it blablabla”，然后频率大概是一个月一封，直到五六月份的样子。所以到五月底出wl结果的时候你应该给AO写了三四封LOCI的样子。再注意几个重要的时间点，经常查论坛关注学校什么时候开始发wl offer，只要有人收到了offer你最好就也写一封给AO表达自己也很想去。campus visit和打电话我觉得因人而异，我有朋友在学校住了一周然后拿到offer的，也有visit了很多学校结果一个wl都没有下的，如果你有空而且足够active我觉得可以去，不然就算了。

LOCI应该怎么写？

我找了一封自己之前的模板，如果有语法错误请忽略，

Dear Admission Officer,

It must be a really busy application season to the admission office and I hope you are doing well. I am writing to let you know what makes me different from other applicants and why I think I am a qualified candidate for Michigan Law. Michigan Law has always been my top choice and I am willing to stay on the wait list as long as possible. （第一段表达自己非常喜欢学校）

My passion in public interest can be very well reflected through my resume. In the past five years, one thing I am extremely proud of is my effort in volunteer teaching programs in China. I have been an advocate in the area of education inequality. In the past, I founded Teaching Lijiang, a student organization that recruits and arranges students to spend a month teaching in rural mountainous areas of China. However, I slowly realized the problem is more complex than it looks and more of a financial problem in nature. In recent years, I have become an independent investigator in the area. I keep on visiting and interviewing past volunteer teachers and ask for their advice. Then I posted articles and gave advice to future volunteers to help them to avoid making mistakes. I believe the society can be improved by both individuals’ and big organizations’ efforts, and I am confident that the education inequality problem in China will be solved by us in the future.（第二段更新自己被wl以后做了什么，或者提一些申请材料里面没有机会提到的东西，让AO更了解你）

Michigan is the best place for me to continue my public interest career. With an easy access to Chicago, Michigan Law can maximize my opportunity to certain public interest organizations and institutions. The pro bono opportunities also shows the close connection between Michigan and a career in public interest. In addition, Michigan Law offers the opportunity to choose more than twenty credit hours’ class in other college. It enables me to explore more possibility of the combination between art and law.（第三段重复why school，多做一点research）

I believe Michigan Law is a perfect match for me and I am sure I can share my unique experience to Michigan Law’s community. Although I have received some full scholarship offers from other schools, Michigan is still my top choice. I will also submit an additional letter of recommendation to show my interest to Michigan Law next week. Please let me know if you have any question regarding my application. I look forward to hearing from you.

还有什么可以加分的？

A：有两个比较需要慎重考虑的策略，1）告诉学校if i got admitted i will definetly accept the offer 2）告诉学校自己不需要奖学金。可以随意使用的是拿t14的其他offer去跟学校argue，以及拿后面学校全奖的offer跟学校说，具体就可以写在loci的第二段“Although I got offer from xxx, I still love your school etc.”，这个方式同样可以用来要奖学金。

下Waitlist的几率是多少？

A：我的经验是这样的，如果你拿到了t14大部分学校的wl，那你很大几率是会下其中至少一个的。如果你拿到的是UVA, Penn, Columbia这三所学校，其他学校都是拒信，那我建议就不要等了。

差不多就是这样！祝大家成功！