What does it mean to be "waitlisted" to a college?

What does it mean to be "waitlisted" to a college?

Generally, being waitlisted means that you are qualified, but you didn't make the cut and it means that they will reconsider your application in the next pool. So, for example, there's waitlisted and deferred. It means that you're qualified to enter the class but, for any number of reasons which universities don't like to reveal, you didn't make it in on the first round. You're generally put into another pool. whether it's the regular application pool, your application is reconsidered and then you are notified. That's for deferred status. For waitlist status, you're considered if a spot opens up. So generally what universities do is they may over accept. They'll see how many accept from the first pool and then they will see how many slots they have remaining, and then they will approach their waitlist. In saying that, if you're on the waitlist, it is a very very rare chance that you will be accepted.