Waitlist movement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:last week’s activity:

Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Cornell, Brown, ND, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, WashU, Michigan, Barnard, NYU

Seems like a LOT.

I guess the AI algorithms aren’t all that.

There is a big difference between Yale taking 5 people off of the waitlist and Michigan taking 900. Same for Harvard. I don't think their AI is failing them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:last week’s activity:

Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Cornell, Brown, ND, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, WashU, Michigan, Barnard, NYU

Seems like a LOT.

I guess the AI algorithms aren’t all that.

If you think about it, the ideal outcome to be planning for, in terms of algorithms, is to take a dozen or two off the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

Yay!! I'll let my niece know. She's dying to go there but is on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

Any idea of which major? We are waiting on engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:last week’s activity:

Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Cornell, Brown, ND, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, WashU, Michigan, Barnard, NYU

Seems like a LOT.

The schools are suffering from problems with getting cash out of private equity funds and with Trump funding cuts.

They’re responding by being stingier than normal about aid.

The result is that they have to go deeper into the waitlist and look on the waitlist for full-pay students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

Yes, that’s right. WL students are organized into categories (arts, female stem major, students from a given country or state, whatever…) Once a given category is full, you get a letter that the WL is closed. It is targeted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

Yes, that’s right. WL students are organized into categories (arts, female stem major, students from a given country or state, whatever…) Once a given category is full, you get a letter that the WL is closed. It is targeted.

Chatter is that the first wave was legacies, next wave will begin to address any academic or demographic holes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

Any idea of which major? We are waiting on engineering.

PP - one of the more competitive majors but not engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

Yes, that’s right. WL students are organized into categories (arts, female stem major, students from a given country or state, whatever…) Once a given category is full, you get a letter that the WL is closed. It is targeted.

Chatter is that the first wave was legacies, next wave will begin to address any academic or demographic holes.

I read private school full pay, but there is probably significant overlap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

This seems kinder than letting those on WL remain in limbo. Easier to embrace the selected without the "what if" still present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

Yes, that’s right. WL students are organized into categories (arts, female stem major, students from a given country or state, whatever…) Once a given category is full, you get a letter that the WL is closed. It is targeted.

Chatter is that the first wave was legacies, next wave will begin to address any academic or demographic holes.

I read private school full pay, but there is probably significant overlap.

I thought it was mostly Brearley - any other schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard takes people OFF the waitlist (in a negative sense) about 4 times during the months of May or June. They send them emails that say "the waitlisted is closed' but it's just closed to them.

Harsh but it's how they do things.

This seems kinder than letting those on WL remain in limbo. Easier to embrace the selected without the "what if" still present.

Absolutely. The sooner you know you’re no longer in contention, the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

Any idea of which major? We are waiting on engineering.

PP - one of the more competitive majors but not engineering.

Another VT Waitlist admit. In state from FCPS into Pamplin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech is moving in state. We were at a graduation party today and a girl just got of WL.

Any idea of which major? We are waiting on engineering.

PP - one of the more competitive majors but not engineering.

Another VT Waitlist admit. In state from FCPS into Pamplin.

Congrats!!