BU... so many waitlisted applicants... not sure if it's worth staying on a WL for too much longer
This is entirely my own opinion, removed from any inside knowledge of what goes on in the admissions office. I believe, however, that BU has been experiencing a phenomenon whereby more students have decided to attend than they may have anticipated.
As you know, schools admit more students than they expect will matriculate, on the assumption that several of those admitted students will end up matriculating elsewhere. Finally, the WL is an additional safeguard against underenrollment. Normally, many students would decline their acceptance, and the WL would start moving to some extent.
I do know, however, that at least for the year that I was in the GMS program (2008-2009), the M1 class was larger than they had expected. Not sure if this is true of other years in the past 5-7 or so, but it very well may be. BU is a solid school, so it wouldn't surprise me.
So I suppose what I'm getting at is that despite the fact that the WL hasn't moved too terribly much in recent years, it is important to keep faith, and not consider it a done deal until it's a done deal. I'll be rooting for all of you on the WL; hopefully this year it will move, as I know several folks on it myself, and would rather enjoy being classmates with 'em. Good luck.
