Every year in early March, several thousand London families open an email they had not quite prepared for. Not a rejection — those are awful but legible — but the waiting list. A soft maybe. A door left visibly ajar.
The Long Read- 7 min read
On waiting lists, and what to do when the offer does not come.
The waiting list is not a lottery. It is a system with habits. Movement happens in predictable windows, and the letter matters more than most families think.
By The Editors