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Waitlisted? Try This

Use this template and strategy to get off the waitlist and get accepted

D3Direct
Mar 11, 2026
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👋 Welcome to the D3Direct Newsletter, your go-to source for reliable D3 college recruiting & admissions information.

Today, we’re showing you what to do if you get waitlisted at your top-choice school.

This strategy is simple, but effective, and has worked for two of our recent 1:1 clients.

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Waitlisted? Try This

Don’t give up on your dream school just because you didn’t get in initially.

Use this email template and increase your chances of getting admitted.

The key is to be honest. You should not do this for every school you get waitlisted for, but instead just your top choice.

We’ve seen this strategy work with two recent 1:1 clients - one was waitlisted due to academic performance during their Senior fall semester and the other because they didn’t get their application in on time.

In both cases, sending an email like this helped to get them a positive response from the admissions office.

Here’s the waitlist response template we sent to both of them ⬇️

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