{"id":21351,"date":"2018-01-15T14:53:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T19:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21351"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:33:34","slug":"waiting-for-a-waitlist-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21351","title":{"rendered":"waiting for a waitlist response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post_content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_content_inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post_body\">Hi! On thursday I was #40-something on a waitlist. As of today Im #18 on the waitlist for a class of 188 people. Do you think ill get in? The first lecture is today so ill be missing it. Ive heard something about 10% will get in but how many days before the waitlist drop is that number based on??<\/div>\n<div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>hi!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>first of all, let me apologize for this super late response. unfortunately, i don&#8217;t know if this answer will even be relevant anymore<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.utoronto.ca\/current\/course\/timetable\/1718_fw\/step-5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as the waitlists ended yesterday, january 14th<\/span><\/a><\/span>. again, i am so so sorry and hope that you did get into the course.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>i will still answer the question though, as i think that this could be worthwhile for our readers in the future. again, so sorry.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>yes, in general, if you&#8217;re within the first 10% of the class size on the waitlist. that being said, it&#8217;s not a guarantee and mostly has to do with when you FIRST get into the waitlist. just use your common sense. if you&#8217;re still like, 7th on a waitlist (no matter what size the class is) the day before the waitlists end, you probably won&#8217;t get into the course. however, if a new section of the course opens up, then you&#8217;ll be able to get into the course that way.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>so sorry again for this really delayed response. again, i really hope you got into the course.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/HxPv6VgIgXnPy\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"kimmy schmidt fingers crossed GIF by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\" width=\"242\" height=\"136\" \/><\/div>\n<div>wishing you all the best,<\/div>\n<div>aska<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! On thursday I was #40-something on a waitlist. As of today Im #18 on the waitlist for a class of 188 people. Do you think ill get in? The first lecture is today so ill be missing it. Ive heard something about 10% will get in but how many days before the waitlist drop is that number based on?? \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! first of all, let me apologize for this super late response. unfortunately, i don&#8217;t know if this answer will even be relevant anymore as the waitlists ended yesterday, january 14th. again, i am so so sorry and hope that you did get into the course. i will still answer the question though, as i think that this could be worthwhile for our readers in the future. again, so sorry. yes, in general, if you&#8217;re within the first 10% of the class size on the waitlist. that being said, it&#8217;s not a guarantee and mostly has to do with when you FIRST get into the waitlist. just use your common sense. if you&#8217;re still like, 7th on a waitlist (no matter what size the class is) the day before the waitlists end, you probably won&#8217;t get into the course. however, if a new section of the course opens up, then you&#8217;ll be able to get into the course that way. so sorry again for this really delayed response. again, i really hope you got into the course. wishing you all the best, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wait-list"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi! 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