Waitlist Movements

I don't think any of the Ivies have moved yet, there have been some rumors about Brown but looks questionable. I suspect they did a better job anticipating yield and the international issues that happened last year

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05/06/2026 18:15

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Caltech

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05/06/2026 20:16

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My engineering kid is waiting to hear from VT, Northeastern and GT.

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05/06/2026 20:28

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My own kid turned down an Ivy for UVA and is not premed. We know a few more including the child of a good friend.

I was recently looking at college acceptance posts on instagram and there are quite a few URM who are turning down an Ivy or other Top20 for HBCUs.

Not everyone is the DCUM prestige chasing, Ivy obsessed. People make all sorts of decisions for all sorts of reasons. Isn't it good that the entire world isn't made of the same person?

Families look at affordability. With some universities at over $100k a year (USC), $42k for in-state UVA arts & Sciences looks very attractive. That’s what our DC thought and picked UVA. We banked the difference so now can pay for Harvard Law which is a whopping $126k a year for a Supermax cell of a room designed by Gropius. An apartment in Cambridge will bring the actual cost up to $246k a year. No, Harvard doesn’t offer merit because it doesn’t need to.

Your math isn’t mathing.

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05/06/2026 20:30

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Anonymous wrote:UVA here - OOS deferred ED then WL. Super happy.

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That’s so great, congrats! What a long, drawn out process this can be.

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05/06/2026 21:00

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Wake Forest

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05/06/2026 22:01

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My own kid turned down an Ivy for UVA and is not premed. We know a few more including the child of a good friend.

I was recently looking at college acceptance posts on instagram and there are quite a few URM who are turning down an Ivy or other Top20 for HBCUs.

Not everyone is the DCUM prestige chasing, Ivy obsessed. People make all sorts of decisions for all sorts of reasons. Isn't it good that the entire world isn't made of the same person?

Families look at affordability. With some universities at over $100k a year (USC), $42k for in-state UVA arts & Sciences looks very attractive. That’s what our DC thought and picked UVA. We banked the difference so now can pay for Harvard Law which is a whopping $126k a year for a Supermax cell of a room designed by Gropius. An apartment in Cambridge will bring the actual cost up to $246k a year. No, Harvard doesn’t offer merit because it doesn’t need to.

Your math isn’t mathing.

The PP is hilarious. Sometimes they post versions claiming they can now pay for "Yale Law" or "Stanford Law," all because they chose UVA. Next time out, I imagine they'll claim Columbia Law.

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05/06/2026 22:03

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if UVA accepted anyone off the waitlist in the college of engineering? DD is keeping her fingers crossed. So far, I have only seen psychology as a major in addition to the architecture kids.

yes. look at the dean J blog from yesterday: they accepted 260 total from the arts and sci plus engineering. it's the largest pull off the WL UVA has done in years. There are usually more in 2-3 weeks in years where it is this large, but it will be small.

Thank you so much. Did not know these updates were happening. Looks like no go for DD. Was hoping they hadn’t touched engineering yet. Oh well. Virginia Tech it is!

My high stats kid got into four top 15 ranked Engineering programs and didn't get off the UVA Engineering W/L yet...frustrated NoVa taxpayer...

But honestly, congrats on Virginia Tech--stronger engineering program anyway.