Accepted

Congratulations, you have been admitted to college! Your hard work has paid off and now you have a space in the freshman class reserved for you, should you choose to enroll. Once all of your decisions have come in , you can compare your acceptances and waitlists along with their financial aid packages to determine which will be the best fit for you.

Waitlisted

You’ve sent in your applications. Now you’re waiting for a letter from each college you applied to, either offering you admission or turning down your application. And there’s another possibility: a college may put you on a waiting list. Being waitlisted means that you are a good fit for the school— there just wasn’t enough room to admit you immediately. While a waitlist is not an automatic acceptance, it is also not a rejection.

Being on the waitlist can happen when you meet the admission requirements, but the college has already accepted the number of applicants it has room for. If a spot becomes available later on, you may be offered a place. The college won’t make you this offer, though, until after the May 1 decision deadline has passed. Check out the "What to do When Waitlisted" section of our guide for more information.

Rejected

Rejection hurts, but also remember like with other things in life, it’s inevitable. We instead, urge you to focus your attention on the schools you did get accepted into because those are great accomplishments! If you’d like to write an appeal letter, you can find out more info in the “Write an Appeal Letter” step.

Let us know which universities you’ve been accepted, waitlisted, and rejected to by going to the Colleges tab in your UStrive dashboard. This way you and your mentor can start to work through which university you would like to enroll in.

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