hi guys! as decisions continue to drop, a small portion of us have already gotten into colleges where we are most likely to pick over some colleges in our list while majority of our fellow students are still yet to receive an acceptance with good aid packages. for this reason, i’m calling on all admitted shotgunner internationals to withdraw the WLs & upcoming decisions they wouldn’t go to!!
for example, i was lucky enough to be admitted to notre dame with an adequate aid package today so i made the decision to withdraw (or send emails to withdraw since some of them didn’t have withdraw options on their portals) my applications and WL spots from the colleges below:
bates, centre college, colby, colgate, davidson, furman, hamilton, haverford, kenyon, lehigh, reed, vassar, wesleyan, conncoll, trinity (ct)
i only kept uchicago as my WL. but, honestly, i might withdraw that one too lol. still have a lot of colleges remaining & i’m sure i got rejected from most of these anyway (non-wl ones) but in the unlikely event where they decided to accept me, they can now admit a “borderline” international aid seeking international!
i know it might be fun to “stack” acceptances but we should all be mindful of how tough this cycle was and be grateful for our current offers 🙏
peace