Waitlist Movements

[Anonymous]

Duke moved yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lots of top LACs moving at DC's private!

Not a good sign for small schools...

Well I've heard from our school-based counselor that there's less interest in rural LACs compared to a few years ago, even ones that have strong reputations but are kind of in the middle of nowhere (like Williams, Carleton, Vassar, Wes, Midd).More students seem to want a different kind of student experience near urban cities: especially Boston area, NYC, Chicago area, or LA. It won't be a problem for Williams or Carleton to fill seats, there's still plenty of people who want the rural LAC experience, it just means they have to go deeper in the waitlist than in the past.

My senior only wanted urban. Even in-state options were too rural for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lots of top LACs moving at DC's private!

Not a good sign for small schools...

Well I've heard from our school-based counselor that there's less interest in rural LACs compared to a few years ago, even ones that have strong reputations but are kind of in the middle of nowhere (like Williams, Carleton, Vassar, Wes, Midd).More students seem to want a different kind of student experience near urban cities: especially Boston area, NYC, Chicago area, or LA. It won't be a problem for Williams or Carleton to fill seats, there's still plenty of people who want the rural LAC experience, it just means they have to go deeper in the waitlist than in the past.

My senior only wanted urban. Even in-state options were too rural for him.

Same. My DD did consider suburban locations that were roughly 30-ish minutes public transportation from a big city or inside the city only.

[Anonymous]

Any updates today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lots of top LACs moving at DC's private!

Not a good sign for small schools...

Well I've heard from our school-based counselor that there's less interest in rural LACs compared to a few years ago, even ones that have strong reputations but are kind of in the middle of nowhere (like Williams, Carleton, Vassar, Wes, Midd).More students seem to want a different kind of student experience near urban cities: especially Boston area, NYC, Chicago area, or LA. It won't be a problem for Williams or Carleton to fill seats, there's still plenty of people who want the rural LAC experience, it just means they have to go deeper in the waitlist than in the past.

My senior only wanted urban. Even in-state options were too rural for him.

Same. My DD did consider suburban locations that were roughly 30-ish minutes public transportation from a big city or inside the city only.

This was my DS almost exactly except for a couple of borderline target/safety schools which he would only attended if all other things failed.

For example, applied to Rutgers because of its proximity to NYC.

[Anonymous]

Barnard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke moved yesterday.

Yes hoping there will be another wave maybe this week or next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barnard

Doesn’t exist anymore. Ran out of $, swallowed by Columbia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barnard

Doesn’t exist anymore. Ran out of $, swallowed by Columbia.

Barnard has always been a part of the larger Columbia University

[Anonymous]

My kid got waitlisted -> admit at Purdue. Engineering.

[Anonymous]

Any idea when Emory or Georgetown may release waitlist decisions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid got waitlisted -> admit at Purdue. Engineering.

Congratulations!! Good news!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any idea when Emory or Georgetown may release waitlist decisions

Schools don’t “release waitlist decisions.” They maintain a pool of kids, sometimes literally many multiples larger than the pool they admit, so if their yield is way off from expectations they can fill the class. Emory offers admission (historically) to approximately 5% of those waitlisted and Georgetown approximately 6%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lots of top LACs moving at DC's private!

Not a good sign for small schools...

Well I've heard from our school-based counselor that there's less interest in rural LACs compared to a few years ago, even ones that have strong reputations but are kind of in the middle of nowhere (like Williams, Carleton, Vassar, Wes, Midd).More students seem to want a different kind of student experience near urban cities: especially Boston area, NYC, Chicago area, or LA. It won't be a problem for Williams or Carleton to fill seats, there's still plenty of people who want the rural LAC experience, it just means they have to go deeper in the waitlist than in the past.

but WASP apps were up. they need to land on a firmer enrollment number and usually use wl

[Anonymous]

Northwestern moved on Friday.