William & Mary (spring start offer changed to fall offer)?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do schools do spring starts? If housing, is it the school assumes drop outs in 1st year rooms? But what if no one drops, where do they live? Or is it to not have person stats be part of entering class? Asking as I understand a full year deferral but no it how works if just pushing off a semester.

Students do study abroad and they have predicted numbers for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

Only been through the process with one kid, with number two in another year, but NOTHING has led me to believe that anything about college admissions is "fair".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

I don't have any intel as to the real answer here, but W&M says that indicating interest in Spring Pathway does not affect potential waitlist offers, and from the parent Spring Pathway FB boards, several kids did get off the waitlist last year who had already committed to Spring Pathway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

I don't have any intel as to the real answer here, but W&M says that indicating interest in Spring Pathway does not affect potential waitlist offers, and from the parent Spring Pathway FB boards, several kids did get off the waitlist last year who had already committed to Spring Pathway.

+1 All signs point to there being zero impact on WL offers based on whether or not you accept Spring Pathway. If they say it doesn't affect it, then they likely have a process where that information is kept separate from the formation of the WL ordering.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

I don't have any intel as to the real answer here, but W&M says that indicating interest in Spring Pathway does not affect potential waitlist offers, and from the parent Spring Pathway FB boards, several kids did get off the waitlist last year who had already committed to Spring Pathway.

+1 All signs point to there being zero impact on WL offers based on whether or not you accept Spring Pathway. If they say it doesn't affect it, then they likely have a process where that information is kept separate from the formation of the WL ordering.

The only way to know is to see how many were offered a fall spot who had committed to a spring start and how many got a fall admit who hadn’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to have a spring start offer changed to a regular fall start offer?

My understanding is that anyone who remains on the waitlist automatically has this spring start offer on the table, but the list still functions as a waitlist and you can therefore be offered fall admission just like you could from any waitlist. If it happens after you’ve paid a deposit for the approved study abroad program for the fall, the school reimburses you for the deposit.

My guess is very, very few would come off the spring start list (who already accepted and paid) but rather most would come from spring start unaccepted offers, saying now they can start in the fall in Williamsburg.

In thinking about this: This seems so unfair to me. A student who loves the school enough to even accept spring start is less likely to get a new offer for a fall start over a student who was offered spring start and did not accept it.

I don't have any intel as to the real answer here, but W&M says that indicating interest in Spring Pathway does not affect potential waitlist offers, and from the parent Spring Pathway FB boards, several kids did get off the waitlist last year who had already committed to Spring Pathway.

+1 All signs point to there being zero impact on WL offers based on whether or not you accept Spring Pathway. If they say it doesn't affect it, then they likely have a process where that information is kept separate from the formation of the WL ordering.

The only way to know is to see how many were offered a fall spot who had committed to a spring start and how many got a fall admit who hadn’t.

Whatever a school says about its admissions policy is auditable by accrediting body and by SCHEV. W&M never has a problem filling a class so there's no real benefit/pressure to maximize here--it would be a miniscule if any reward for a high risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do schools do spring starts? If housing, is it the school assumes drop outs in 1st year rooms? But what if no one drops, where do they live? Or is it to not have person stats be part of entering class? Asking as I understand a full year deferral but no it how works if just pushing off a semester.

Spring on campus enrollment is lower largely due to study abroad programs. Spring enrollment enables them to fill available spots in housing and classrooms that would otherwise not be filled and get revenue from it without increasing capacity (beds, faculty).