Waitpool: Engineering Program at Wheaton

[Anonymous]

Is there ever much movement in the Wheaton Engineering waitpool?

[Anonymous]

I’d say yes. Many kids apply to both Wheaton programs and the Blair magnet. They can only select one and if accepted to all, are most likely to pick Blair in most cases, opening up spots at the Wheaton programs. Some kids chose Wheaton over Blair and some don’t have the choice. Overall though, unless they recruit substantially more to account for attrition sit would be reasonable to expect movement.

[Anonymous]

Tons, relative to magnet movement.

[Anonymous]

What about the waitlist? Does a waitlisted student potentially move off the waitlist to waitpool if there’s an opening? I’m not sure how this works at all

[Anonymous]

I don’t think there is a waitlist for that program? I think it is a waitpool instead? If there are both, I have no idea how they feed into one another or which one comes first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think there is a waitlist for that program? I think it is a waitpool instead? If there are both, I have no idea how they feed into one another or which one comes first.

Wait list just means you get a number so you know how close you are vs Wait pool not telling you how close you are to the top.

[Anonymous]

My son made it off the waitlist a few years ago. He didn’t take the spot (but now he’s a college student in engineering anyway).

[Anonymous]

Out of interest, please can you share MAP M scores? Wondering for next year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think there is a waitlist for that program? I think it is a waitpool instead? If there are both, I have no idea how they feed into one another or which one comes first.

Wait list just means you get a number so you know how close you are vs Wait pool not telling you how close you are to the top.

Some programs use waitlists, and others do a waitpool.

[Anonymous]

All criteria based programs have wait pool where all applications are evaluated if there is a vacancy in the program. All lottery based programs have wait list with a number so you get admitted based on the number of open vacancies and your number

[Anonymous]

Are lottery based applications evaluated?

[Anonymous]

Please can you share MAP scores for admittance and wait pool at Wheaton?

[Anonymous]

My child got invited to both Blair Magnet and Wheaton magnet and is leaning heavily toward Blair for personal reasons. So there may be at least some movement.

[Anonymous]

It’s all demographics based, not performance based. That’s why there is no transparency. Good luck to your child on whatever program they attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s all demographics based, not performance based. That’s why there is no transparency. Good luck to your child on whatever program they attend.

Stop spreading BS lies.