Waitlist Movement

[Anonymous]

DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

[Anonymous]

I’m also seeing a lot of waitlist movement this year, mostly from privates but also from some high-ranking public universities like UVA and UCSB. (Those aren’t need aware, are they? They admit everyone and gap you on the FA.) Maybe this year a lot of admissions offices were extra-careful about overenrollment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

Which top 25 schools? Any ivies except Cornell? TIA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

Which top 25 schools? Any ivies except Cornell? TIA

My son's friend got off the Wash U list a couple of days ago. Ironically, they had committed to Cornell but are now going to Wash U (no idea why.)

[Anonymous]

Less than other years actually. I know of three kids that got off wait lists, two of which were UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

Which top 25 schools? Any ivies except Cornell? TIA

I thought Yale and Dartmouth closed. Which leaves H,P,M,S, Penn. Not sure about Columbia/ Brown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Less than other years actually. I know of three kids that got off wait lists, two of which were UVA.

Seems like more than previous years, not less...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

Which top 25 schools? Any ivies except Cornell? TIA

I thought Yale and Dartmouth closed. Which leaves H,P,M,S, Penn. Not sure about Columbia/ Brown.

Did Yale and Dartmouth take anyone off their waitlists? Or their waitlists never moved this year?

[Anonymous]

This is probably where attending an elite private high school has the largest advantage: working a waitlist. Some of this happens at the DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Less than other years actually. I know of three kids that got off wait lists, two of which were UVA.

Seems like more than previous years, not less...

There’s a lot of schools that closed their wait list without taking anyone, and schools like Vandy seem to be taking fewer. Curious which top 25 schools op is talking about.

[Anonymous]

Yes, there is movement. DC got off 2 waitlists.

[Anonymous]

UNC and VaTech are not taking anyone off waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, there is movement. DC got off 2 waitlists.

Which ones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s private has so much waitlist movement. Not in DC, but kids off of waitlists at numerous top 25 schools. Does it seem like there’s more waitlist action to others too? Or are full pay kids a major boost for WL even at good schools?

Which top 25 schools? Any ivies except Cornell? TIA

My son's friend got off the Wash U list a couple of days ago. Ironically, they had committed to Cornell but are now going to Wash U (no idea why.)

Ithaca isn’t for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Did Yale and Dartmouth take anyone off their waitlists? Or their waitlists never moved this year?

None at all taken and waitlist closed.