I’ve gotten a few referrers lately from people googling for things like “harvard waitlist” or “waitlisted harvard”. Given that it’s that time of year again, I’m assuming these actually are people who just found out they got waitlisted at Harvard. Ouch. If it makes you feel any better, I essentially got that letter twice - when I applied early, they deferred me to regular admission, and when regular admission rolled around, they just waitlisted me. If you came here looking for advice on what to do about it, I can’t really help all that much. I just went to NYU instead. Their big fat packet full of scholarship offers and material about the honors program showed up about a week after my grim little envelope from Harvard, and I’m glad it did, because as it turns out I liked NYU a lot and New York City even more. So, um, go to NYU! Go Fighting Violets!