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Dirty Secrets of College Waitlists

As acceptance letters hit mailboxes, record numbers of students could be stuck in waitlist limbo. In a Daily Beast exclusive, admissions officers dish about the tricks of getting in off the list—and why you shouldn’t send cookies.

Kathleen Kingsbury
Kathleen Kingsbury
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The waitlist. It’s the fate that awaits hundreds of thousands of high school seniors this week as they open college admissions letters.

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Kathleen Kingsbury

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