Ivy Waitlist

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Anonymous wrote:Do they ever accept if a child didn’t submit a LOCI? DC is on the waitlist for Princeton and hasn’t submitted one.

Why didn't they submit? This seems like step one.

Received a full ride to another great college after accepting a spot on Princeton’s waitlist. I just wonder if they can still be accepted for my bragging rights (the child doesn’t care). I also wonder if all the kids (especially the first generation ones) know to submit a LOCI. It doesn’t seem that colleges explicitly instruct the waitlisted kids to submit those.

My kid got waitlisted at an ivy and didn’t get a full ride to another great college. It burns to know that people like you are staying on wait lists just so you (the parent!) can have bragging rights if they call you. Why not let Your kid withdraw from the Princeton waitlist so some kid who might actually go will have a better chance?

I was thinking the same.

Huh? So you think when PP’s kid declines, the school says “oh well, PP’s kid turned us down. Guess we just won’t fill that spot?”

FFS, people. Think.

I don't that that's it. It just prolongs the process for the kids who ultimately want the spot. It sounds like the OP's kid has totally moved on and won't take the spot, but she is keeping this going for her bragging rights.

Yes. I am the PP who said "the same" that she was reacting to. That is exactly what I meant. I'm assuming it's her trying to defend her selfishness by acting like we're all nuts for saying "not cool."

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlist is often a form of "soft rejection" for legacy applicants, children of donors, faculty kids and so on.

My DS is waitlisted at an Ivy, and admissions officer actually called my ex (a ridiculously active alum) to say he has a very good chance of getting in if his end of semester grades are strong. Ex of course called DS to tell him HE MUST GET STRAIGHT A GRADES THIS SPRING.

I told DS (who is happily planning to attend a top 25 college about which he is excited, and has no real interest in the Ivy) to ignore this, relax, and enjoy his spring.

But this is to say: the waitlists are not "fair" either. My DS probably won't get in off the waitlist— he not gonna have straight As this semester, that's for sure— and is unlikely to accept a waitlist offer in the unlikely event it is extended. But I assume many similarly situated kids would.

All this is to say: if it's an Ivy, and you aren't hooked, assume your child's WL acceptance odds are low.

I know, this sucks. It is just one sucky piece of an incredibly arbitrary, unfair and generally sucky process.

Donald Trump’s son is my age. I remember hearing that he was waitlisted at Penn and Donald Trump had to donate a significant amount and he got off the waitlist.

How do you think Trump got in to UPenn in the first place?

You made it sound like Penn would prefer most likely a plain nerd over Donald Trump? Like it or not, Trump is much more impactful to the country where half of the population think he is right. Penn would congratulate itself for the right decision that they did not solely rely on his test scores to admit him. If you could get so many people to agree with you, every school would regret they did not have you. If anything, it's a success story for Penn.

You could say the same of any dictator. How "half the country" "agrees" with a would-be dictator who demonstrated his lack of intelligence frequently but who lied, pressured and did everything up to insurrection to preserve power on contrast to democracy is beyond me. I certainly don't think this recommends him to a top school admission.

[Anonymous]

They can take a ridiculously low number like 1-3.

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlist is often a form of "soft rejection" for legacy applicants, children of donors, faculty kids and so on.

My DS is waitlisted at an Ivy, and admissions officer actually called my ex (a ridiculously active alum) to say he has a very good chance of getting in if his end of semester grades are strong. Ex of course called DS to tell him HE MUST GET STRAIGHT A GRADES THIS SPRING.

I told DS (who is happily planning to attend a top 25 college about which he is excited, and has no real interest in the Ivy) to ignore this, relax, and enjoy his spring.

But this is to say: the waitlists are not "fair" either. My DS probably won't get in off the waitlist— he not gonna have straight As this semester, that's for sure— and is unlikely to accept a waitlist offer in the unlikely event it is extended. But I assume many similarly situated kids would.

All this is to say: if it's an Ivy, and you aren't hooked, assume your child's WL acceptance odds are low.

I know, this sucks. It is just one sucky piece of an incredibly arbitrary, unfair and generally sucky process.

Donald Trump’s son is my age. I remember hearing that he was waitlisted at Penn and Donald Trump had to donate a significant amount and he got off the waitlist.

How do you think Trump got in to UPenn in the first place?

You made it sound like Penn would prefer most likely a plain nerd over Donald Trump? Like it or not, Trump is much more impactful to the country where half of the population think he is right. Penn would congratulate itself for the right decision that they did not solely rely on his test scores to admit him. If you could get so many people to agree with you, every school would regret they did not have you. If anything, it's a success story for Penn.

Comical. If anything it’s embarrassing for Penn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they ever accept if a child didn’t submit a LOCI? DC is on the waitlist for Princeton and hasn’t submitted one.

Why didn't they submit? This seems like step one.

Received a full ride to another great college after accepting a spot on Princeton’s waitlist. I just wonder if they can still be accepted for my bragging rights (the child doesn’t care). I also wonder if all the kids (especially the first generation ones) know to submit a LOCI. It doesn’t seem that colleges explicitly instruct the waitlisted kids to submit those.

Sorry PP no bragging rights. Princeton closed its waitlist.

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Anonymous wrote:DC Waitlisted at Princeton -- i've been told do not expect any movement. Thankful for other options...

Our DS was deferred after SCEA then ultimately moved onto waitlist. Never got off