Get your financial house in order. Reduce or eliminate your outstanding debt. Decide if you need a car or if public transportation is sufficient. Practice living on a reduced budget to prepare for that lower standard of living called student life. Ask yourself if you are ready for the rigors of student life.
All schools have a limited number of spaces in their programs.
Competition for those spaces necessitates that schools make offers of admission to the most qualified candidates first. Schools create a wait list because some candidates, while qualified, are not as competitive as those who have already received offers. If a space later becomes available, someone from the wait list will receive an offer of admission. If you are wait-listed, you should contact the school to determine whether it would be helpful to submit additional information. Following are issues you need to clarify with the school.