Every year, parents are waitlisted or rejected. Let's talk about waitlisted first. One of the first things you want to do is the school that is your number one choice, make sure that you send them a letter and that you call them and use this phrase, "If accepted, we will enroll." It's really important that you only do this at one school, because you don't want to be known as a liar for the other schools. The second thing to do when you are waitlisted, if you haven't gotten off the waitlist in a couple of weeks, make sure you talk to the admissions director. Drop them a note at the end of summer. Drop them a note again in October. Don't give up because a lot of parents will get pulled from a waitlist, sometimes mid-year. If your child is rejected, it's really, really difficult. A lot of moms feel like they've let down their child. Really, what I like to talk about, this is the second step of motherhood. The first step is giving birth to them and giving your best to give them everything you can. Just know that it's okay. There's nothing that you did, you did the best and trust that it's going to work out for the best.