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Wait List


By mid to late March, the Admissions Committee emails a confirmation form to all candidates placed on the waiting list that is comprised of three groups: 1) upper third; 2) middle third and 3) lower third.  Each student is asked whether they wish to be retained or removed from the list.  During orientation to the interviews, applicants are informed that normally most students on the alternate 1 list will likely gain acceptance prior to the early August matriculate date.  Applicants on the alternate 2 list, particularly those at the top may have some potential of achieving entrance for the current year, where those students on alternate 3 list typically are not accepted for that year. 

Lower Alternate List and Non-Accepted Applicant Counseling

By April 1, students in both alternate and non-accepted groups are known and they can schedule admissions counseling group sessions on ways to improve their application.  The Associate Dean reviews each applicant’s file and includes commentary in a note that is provided at the time of the counseling session.

Given the excellent applicant pool in Colorado, on a yearly basis, slightly over a 100 of the 560 applicants interviewed include those who had previously applied.  In the counseling sessions, applicants are told that should they be interviewed in a subsequent year that they will likely be asked whether they came to a counseling session and whether they did what was requested of them before reapplying.  Reconsideration of their candidacy at the admissions level is done without prejudice.