Waitlist movement

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Movement today for Stanford, Cornell, Northwestern, U Wisconsin, Rice. Yesterday, Northeastern Boston, Georgetown.

Who’s turning down Stanford? Internationals?

Stanford's yield is 81%. Presumably, people turn down Stanford for cost reasons or to attend HYPM.

I'm in CA and at least one of my DD's classmates turned down Stanford for a late admit to UC Berkeley. The $ difference is real.

If this were DC a year from now, they would do the same. In state Berkeley vs private Stanford - I’d save the difference for DC’s grad school.

[Anonymous]

Are most waitlists closed by now? High school graduations have happened and kids have committed to schools already. Don’t schools usually post on their admissions website if the waitlist is closed, but it’s been remarkably quiet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are most waitlists closed by now? High school graduations have happened and kids have committed to schools already. Don’t schools usually post on their admissions website if the waitlist is closed, but it’s been remarkably quiet.

They typically don't close until end of June, sometimes even later. The class is probably full, but summer melt continues to happen, where students decommit for one reason or another, often for getting off another school's waitlist, or after deciding they can't afford the school.

This year, there is some uncertainty regarding whether all committed internationals will get their visas in time for the fall term.

[Anonymous]

I know someone instate who got off the JMU wait-list recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know someone instate who got off the JMU wait-list recently.

That’s great about JMU!
Have you heard about any other VA schools? My kid is on a waitlist, but the more time that passes, the more likely I think they will stick with their committed school even if offered a spot. It’s time to get excited about the school that wanted them from the beginning rather than hold out hope for a school that didn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan played this wrong. They started out by only taking maybe two 3.95/ 1600 type kids EA from my son's private and those kids turned them down. Then the 1550/3.8s who would have loved Michigan chose other top25s RD and have declined their waitlist offers. So now they're taking 3.5-3.6 kids who are middle of the grade or below.

How did those kids get on the waitlist in the first place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone instate who got off the JMU wait-list recently.

That’s great about JMU!
Have you heard about any other VA schools? My kid is on a waitlist, but the more time that passes, the more likely I think they will stick with their committed school even if offered a spot. It’s time to get excited about the school that wanted them from the beginning rather than hold out hope for a school that didn’t.

Both W&M and UVA seem to be closed, VT will likelyl still move

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Michigan played this wrong. They started out by only taking maybe two 3.95/ 1600 type kids EA from my son's private and those kids turned them down. Then the 1550/3.8s who would have loved Michigan chose other top25s RD and have declined their waitlist offers. So now they're taking 3.5-3.6 kids who are middle of the grade or below.

How did those kids get on the waitlist in the first place?

deferred Ea

[Anonymous]

What will Harvard do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone instate who got off the JMU wait-list recently.

That’s great about JMU!
Have you heard about any other VA schools? My kid is on a waitlist, but the more time that passes, the more likely I think they will stick with their committed school even if offered a spot. It’s time to get excited about the school that wanted them from the beginning rather than hold out hope for a school that didn’t.

Both W&M and UVA seem to be closed, VT will likelyl still move

I think W&M is closed, but I heard of some recent OOS UVA offers. I think all schools are keeping mum due to uncertainty with international students.

[Anonymous]

Pomona moving today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know someone instate who got off the JMU wait-list recently.

That’s great about JMU!
Have you heard about any other VA schools? My kid is on a waitlist, but the more time that passes, the more likely I think they will stick with their committed school even if offered a spot. It’s time to get excited about the school that wanted them from the beginning rather than hold out hope for a school that didn’t.

Both W&M and UVA seem to be closed, VT will likelyl still move

I think W&M is closed, but I heard of some recent OOS UVA offers. I think all schools are keeping mum due to uncertainty with international students.

UVA will notify that the waitlist that it's closed and they haven't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are most waitlists closed by now? High school graduations have happened and kids have committed to schools already. Don’t schools usually post on their admissions website if the waitlist is closed, but it’s been remarkably quiet.

You can follow the Reddit account for specific schools—often students just getting off the waitlist will post with questions. The UCs seem to still have people coming off waitlists.

[Anonymous]

Duke WL is closed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michigan played this wrong. They started out by only taking maybe two 3.95/ 1600 type kids EA from my son's private and those kids turned them down. Then the 1550/3.8s who would have loved Michigan chose other top25s RD and have declined their waitlist offers. So now they're taking 3.5-3.6 kids who are middle of the grade or below.

After being deferred with a 4.0/1570 my son just pulled his application to Michigan because he's like yeah, no thanks. A lot of his friends said no thanks to being on the waitlist too. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.