Getting waitlisted by a top college almost always ends in rejection

If your application to one of America's top 40 colleges and universities is waitlisted, don't hold your breath.

New data from U.S. News and World Report found that a number of selective schools, including Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, Middlebury College, and Bucknell University, have each accepted less than four percent of waitlisted applicants since 2011.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.