What are the chances for being accepted after waitlist?

[Anonymous]

My Kindergarten son is currently waitlisted for Collegiate and Riverdale. What are the chances realistically? We’ve been communicating with the admissions and expressed our strong interest for joining. Does anyone have info on possible spots/movements and how many are waitlisted usually?

[Anonymous]

*Applying for Kindergarten

[Anonymous]

Do you have a back up? They sometimes move but who knows where you fit in the wait pool. A similarly situated child would need to decline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Kindergarten son is currently waitlisted for Collegiate and Riverdale. What are the chances realistically? We’ve been communicating with the admissions and expressed our strong interest for joining. Does anyone have info on possible spots/movements and how many are waitlisted usually?

I could see both moving (they definitely moved last year). What school are you currently accepted to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Kindergarten son is currently waitlisted for Collegiate and Riverdale. What are the chances realistically? We’ve been communicating with the admissions and expressed our strong interest for joining. Does anyone have info on possible spots/movements and how many are waitlisted usually?

I don’t think anyone would have the complete picture or information. What does your PSD say? Is there better chance with one school over other?

My friend got accepted to one of the schools above and was about send the deposit when she was contacted from another school that she was off the WL. She was so surprised and went with that school. So things do move quite a bit.

[Anonymous]

Highly coveted spots at 2 of the most popular schools.

C will go to their waitlist (which I would imagine has very few spots if any) Monday afternoon into Tuesday; their response deadline is Monday @ noon for parent responses.

Riverdale may start to go to their waitlist the middle of next week, but their response deadline isn’t until Thursday.

It could be sensible to put a deposit down at another school on Thursday (before the deadline), and then continue to stay in front of both schools if they are your top choices after the deadline date in case something opens up.

[Anonymous]

If you put down deposit and sign enrollment contract, are you really just on the hook for your deposit if you back out to go to another school or would it be the whole year's tuition (at both schools)?

[Anonymous]

Have to read the contracts but most don't go to a full year until April/May/June depending on the school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you put down deposit and sign enrollment contract, are you really just on the hook for your deposit if you back out to go to another school or would it be the whole year's tuition (at both schools)?

At my child’s school (one of the two the OP is referencing): yes

[Anonymous]

I am just curious if people feel surprised by the wait list decisions and whether they were consistent with feedback from their PSD or not

[Anonymous]

If you are top of waitlist you should be getting calls or some indication you are next in line already if not by early next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are top of waitlist you should be getting calls or some indication you are next in line already if not by early next week.

Has anyone received call / email for being next in line today? I have no information or update yet and am frustrated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are top of waitlist you should be getting calls or some indication you are next in line already if not by early next week.

Has anyone received call / email for being next in line today? I have no information or update yet and am frustrated

Ask your PSD about specific timing. Each school will do things differently.


Collegiate’s deadline was today so they are moving to waitlist for sure.

[Anonymous]

A lot of times, there is a lot of movement before the deadline because of the yield protection.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone received any news about being top rank in the waitlist or about movements? If so, for which schools? My DS is waitlisted for Dalton and Collegiate.