columbia WL求助

被哥大waitinglist有快一个月了，坐等着难受，又不知道怎么办，想听听过来人的意见

我收到的wl 信是这样的：请你和WAITINGLIST MANAGER谁谁联系，如果你还想在LIST上被考虑的话。但是底下特别注明不能发补充材料和面谈。我前段时间去纽约，给WL Manager写信说能不能当面谈谈，人家给我把学校的policy重发了一遍，让我不要联系他。

1. May I send in additional materials to supplement my application?
   Please do not send in additional materials. The waitlist manager will contact you if there is any further information that we need.
2. Can I request an interview or a meeting with my waitlist manager?
   We cannot accommodate applicant requests for interviews or meetings. Again, your waitlist manager will contact you if there is need for direct communication. We very much appreciate your strong interest in Columbia Business School and look forward to learning of your interest in remaining on the waitlist.

好郁闷阿，难道就坐等着？

然后看到admission director的一段interview,这也太自相矛盾了吧

http://www.mba-rankings.com/columbia/

What do you advise a waitlisted applicant to do?

Being placed on our waitlist is somewhat different than it is at other schools. This goes back to our rolling admission. We place people on the waitlist because we would love to have them here, but need them to strengthen the application. This could mean clarifying their goals or rewriting an essay -- or even finding out more about the school, if they don’t seem to understand our program or the MBA in general, but we like what they have to offer otherwise. We may use the waitlist as a holding place until we see more applications from a specific area (geographic, industry, etc.), as well as to see the application strengthened.

We try to be supportive. Our waitlisted candidates get to talk to somebody from admissions.

I construct a class that includes diverse backgrounds and interests while still maintaining high academic standards. I can’t meet all of these goals in a rolling admissions process without using a waitlist.

If you are put on the waitlist, you should certainly set up an appointment with the waitlist manager. And we do admit a fair number of people from the waitlist.

不发补充材料不面谈，但是你可以写邮件啊

多写邮件，对哥大的向往，对MBA的理解，why MBA, career goal，工作的感悟，工作上又有什么新成绩了，对自己以后行业的看法，如果去了哥大会怎么怎么样，把写essay的功夫拿出来，当再写essay。。不停地写信给那个wl manager。。。还有可以找自己感兴趣的professor写邮件，谈对这个学科的理解，和自己的career怎么相关。。

别停手啊，都一个多月了，什么都没做，不把人急死么。。。

jie,我觉得学校说不要任何材料不要和waitlist manager见面，就要按照他们说得做，否则有可能会hurt你的chance~,我觉得唯一可以跟他们沟通的情况是去on-campus的infor session，见到adcom officer,然后见机informal的聊一下，加深一下他们对你的印象。~邮件可以写，不要太多~~一个月一封这样子可以了~

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informal一些,积极一些,内紧外松一些比较有利

不要给录取委员压迫感

谢谢楼上的建议和鼓励

我开始积极写邮件，下个月有机会再去一次纽约吧