when can we exhale?

[Anonymous]

I love this advice, thank you!

Anonymous wrote:May 1.

Do not do anything about WL unless asked - check the box or what have you. But help the kid fall in love with the school they committed to on May 1 and start looking at mattress toppers.

[Anonymous]

May 1 for most.

For a few exceptions who are rocking the waitlists, it could be as late as August.

For boys, the schools suddenly realize their classes are shaping up to be nearly 70/30 female and lots of outrage will ensue by the women attending, so they scramble for boys but only full-pay ones.

For my DS who was moving into his dorm at BU, his roommate got a call after he'd unpacked that he got in off the waitlist at Brown. So his family came back and repacked up his room and flew him across the country to move into a new dorm. It was crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was thinking we'd all exhale after the applications are in in early Jan, and all there is to do is wait. Clearly that was wishful thinking. When will it truly all be done, i.e. no more grades to submit, interviews to wait to hear about or not, etc etc. By the end of Feb?

Don't forget about housing!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:May 1 for most.

For a few exceptions who are rocking the waitlists, it could be as late as August.

For boys, the schools suddenly realize their classes are shaping up to be nearly 70/30 female and lots of outrage will ensue by the women attending, so they scramble for boys but only full-pay ones.

For my DS who was moving into his dorm at BU, his roommate got a call after he'd unpacked that he got in off the waitlist at Brown. So his family came back and repacked up his room and flew him across the country to move into a new dorm. It was crazy.

Massachusetts to Rhode Island requires a cross county flight??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:May 1 for most.

For a few exceptions who are rocking the waitlists, it could be as late as August.

For boys, the schools suddenly realize their classes are shaping up to be nearly 70/30 female and lots of outrage will ensue by the women attending, so they scramble for boys but only full-pay ones.

For my DS who was moving into his dorm at BU, his roommate got a call after he'd unpacked that he got in off the waitlist at Brown. So his family came back and repacked up his room and flew him across the country to move into a new dorm. It was crazy.

Do the schools cut themselves off of this at any point? I guess first day of classes?! At a certain point, they all need to get together and say let's call this by June instead of Aug. I mean come on. Your poor DS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 1 for most.

For a few exceptions who are rocking the waitlists, it could be as late as August.

For boys, the schools suddenly realize their classes are shaping up to be nearly 70/30 female and lots of outrage will ensue by the women attending, so they scramble for boys but only full-pay ones.

For my DS who was moving into his dorm at BU, his roommate got a call after he'd unpacked that he got in off the waitlist at Brown. So his family came back and repacked up his room and flew him across the country to move into a new dorm. It was crazy.

Massachusetts to Rhode Island requires a cross county flight??

Sorry the family was from California so they needed to fly back! typo

[Anonymous]

Just wondered what role the college counselor has here? Do they start calling around schools? If so, at what point do they do this? Does kid go to college counselor and say I'm on the waitlist for xyz college and it is my top choice. I've submitted my LOCI, etc.

[Anonymous]

when they graduate from college?

DS is a sophomore and I am still holding my breath at every turn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for this advice. What goes in a good LOCI? Please tell me it's not adding more ECs, perfect grades etc. Cant it just be 'no news is good news (grades didn't plummet), please let me in, I prefer you to my current options' or something like that?

Sorry to tell you—the LOCI is for adding EC updates, showing perfect grades, making an impact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondered what role the college counselor has here? Do they start calling around schools? If so, at what point do they do this? Does kid go to college counselor and say I'm on the waitlist for xyz college and it is my top choice. I've submitted my LOCI, etc.

Search advocacy calls on here. Lots has been written. It depends on your school, how much you can push (are you a board member, or a large donor), and any extra/3rd LOR you have from the head of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 1

Except waitlists don't move until well after that so kids waiting for Michigan, etc may be waiting until June or later.

If you get into Michigan in June, do you still get into the dorms? How do you even find a roommate?

I know a kid who got off the Michigan waitlist last June and didn't seem to have an issue with getting dorm housing/roommates. Same for late moving waitlists at other schools like northwestern, columbia, unc, and duke. There was a lot of late waitlist movement among my kid's friends last year! (Kids use social media to find roommates)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 1

Except waitlists don't move until well after that so kids waiting for Michigan, etc may be waiting until June or later.

If you get into Michigan in June, do you still get into the dorms? How do you even find a roommate?

I know a kid who got off the Michigan waitlist last June and didn't seem to have an issue with getting dorm housing/roommates. Same for late moving waitlists at other schools like northwestern, columbia, unc, and duke. There was a lot of late waitlist movement among my kid's friends last year! (Kids use social media to find roommates)

There are new apartment buildings being built as we speak. And, there are new dorms coming online. Plus some enrolled kids' plans change.

Michigan does not have the tradition of housing overflow kids in common areas/lounges for fall semester. PSU did that for decades.

I also think Michigan expects to lose some even as it also gains from kids switching.

We are in-state. We had a friend's kid get off the waitlist in mid-May. His grad announcements went out with a rival school on them.

I have seen several people on here report kids leaving U of M for UVA due to extremely late admission. Not clear when these happened but I understand that it makes financial sense.

[Anonymous]

Last year the waitlists were open at some schools until applications re-set for the class of 2026 (which was either Aug 1, 15 or 30, depending on the school). It was a freaking long and painful application season.

I think by mid July most kids had moved on but it's hard to 100% close the mental door if you know that the waitlist is still officially "open."

[Anonymous]

Last year was different because of the internationals pulling out last minute, visas, gap years, etc.

In 2023 & 2024 had much fewer WL turnarounds. Some Ivies had 0-12 top come off of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year was different because of the internationals pulling out last minute, visas, gap years, etc.

In 2023 & 2024 had much fewer WL turnarounds. Some Ivies had 0-12 top come off of them.

Yes- last year was unusual because of the targeting of International students.