Waitlist Movements

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh!! All these waitlist movements but DC hasn’t heard anything from his 4 schools. Sigh 😔

Note that most are saying that they know people who have gotten off a waitlist or can confirm movement, but most are not saying that their kid was contacted. Again, it’s not just hyperbole, most of the toughest admits waitlist large numbers of kids and somewhere less than 10% and often much less than 5% get in.

[Anonymous]

NYU extended decision date until May 5….
Why?

[Anonymous]

Same with cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same with cornell

???

[Anonymous]

Full pays to the front.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

Last year many “top” schools started moving after May 5.

[Anonymous]

BU moved today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

You got me excited with Yale, but that seems to have been a mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

Last year many “top” schools started moving after May 5.

So, when people are saying this is early, they mean early by a couple of days? That makes more sense to me - a couple of days to figure out where the gaps are? Or do wait-lists usually move in June? I am trying to understand what more information colleges are gathering. They have all the numbers by May 1. They have the wait-list and all the LOCIs. I would have expected most wait-list offers to go out in early May.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

Last year many “top” schools started moving after May 5.

So, when people are saying this is early, they mean early by a couple of days? That makes more sense to me - a couple of days to figure out where the gaps are? Or do wait-lists usually move in June? I am trying to understand what more information colleges are gathering. They have all the numbers by May 1. They have the wait-list and all the LOCIs. I would have expected most wait-list offers to go out in early May.

For most students, you are correct. But keep in mind that every waitlist decision triggers a chain reaction…A kid gets off a waitlist at a preferred school. That then leaves an open spot at the school to which they previously committed. That school then takes a kid from its waitlist which, of course, opens a slot at the previous school to which the newly offered student was headed. These are small numbers but it keeps it fluid for a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU extended decision date until May 5….
Why?

Rit did the same. My guess is they didn’t get their numbers, and with decision date being on a Friday, they gave non-commits through the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

Last year many “top” schools started moving after May 5.

So, when people are saying this is early, they mean early by a couple of days? That makes more sense to me - a couple of days to figure out where the gaps are? Or do wait-lists usually move in June? I am trying to understand what more information colleges are gathering. They have all the numbers by May 1. They have the wait-list and all the LOCIs. I would have expected most wait-list offers to go out in early May.

Waitlists literally started April 1st with WashU and U Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all seems VERY early to me. So much movement from top schools.

Reddit is saying Yale moved too. Compared to years past, it is unusual.

Maybe its bc they all cross-admitted?

Can you explain why this is early? I would have thought schools would have most of their numbers by May 1.

Last year many “top” schools started moving after May 5.

So, when people are saying this is early, they mean early by a couple of days? That makes more sense to me - a couple of days to figure out where the gaps are? Or do wait-lists usually move in June? I am trying to understand what more information colleges are gathering. They have all the numbers by May 1. They have the wait-list and all the LOCIs. I would have expected most wait-list offers to go out in early May.

They extend offers off the waitlist to people that fill a hole in the incoming class. If they need more boys from VA; girls in STEM; more rural kids; Classics majors; etc. So they have to figure out what they are missing once they see who they yielded and then go back to the WL kids and see who fills the gap. This usually takes 2 weeks (admissions doesn’t work on the weekends). May 12-15th is about normal to start seeing a lot. If they are pulling before May 1 or right away, their yield was way off and they already started figuring out who they wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh!! All these waitlist movements but DC hasn’t heard anything from his 4 schools. Sigh 😔

Note that most are saying that they know people who have gotten off a waitlist or can confirm movement, but most are not saying that their kid was contacted. Again, it’s not just hyperbole, most of the toughest admits waitlist large numbers of kids and somewhere less than 10% and often much less than 5% get in.

Some years zero get off the HPYS waitlists.

Seriously hoping not this year.