@franknd - just jumping in with what we know about the “waitlist”: on the encouragement of the coach my DS did reach out to his admissions contact. She is the one who told him that he’s on a “waitlist” as it’s too early to make all of the decisions. My guess is that it’s a combo of two things for him - the application deadline was moved to March 01 (from Feb 01) & he is strong candidate but not one w/ a 1400+ SAT. He’s definitely a “well rounded” student (Eagle Scout, team captain, three noms, etc) w/ a strong SAT but he’s not one who would earn an LOA. We really like his Plan “1b” so he’ll be ok if it’s a no - just over here killing time
. Some kids are offered noms to USMMA if the MOC doesn’t have one left for their first choice (DS #1 was one of those kids in 2021). He had never considered USMMA & chose not to (he did get a nom from a different MOC to his first choice). But… I think some kids may choose to explore USMMA later in the process if they can’t secure a nom to their first choice. Hope this helps a little!