收到waitlist通知一定要回复吗

听说，虽然邮件写了waitlist，但是不回复的话就不会把你放进waitlist？
今天收到TANDON MFE的waitlist邮件，本来想回复，后来看到一句话不敢回了“If you are no longer interested in attending New York University, please respond to this email, and we will withdraw your application from the wait list and from further consideration.”回了会不会直接GG了

可以回，但是要强调你非常想去他们学校，正在等他们的offer，希望你在waitlist的ranking高一些

请一定回，说你很感兴趣，防止她以为你要放弃了，主要为了保险