What schools have started offering from the waitlist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

If that is true then maybe it makes sense that students who may have gone to Duke/Rice went to a school like Michigan. These are all great schools FYI. It is interesting to think that schools like Duke usually compete for Harvard etc but maybe it is some of these schools compete with a big state for a kid who thinks well if I don’t get Duke I will go to my state school.

I think some of these Ivies might be moving to their waitlist. I’d imagine Columbia /Barnard being the first.

Hope you’re right! 🙏🏾

[Anonymous]

It’s not alarming that Wake Forest and University of Miami are moving on their waitlist so early. They typically have yield issues anyway (sub-50%). Rice and CMU are unusual this early?
Ex. Rice yield is 44%; Wake yield is 36%; CM yield is 45%; U-Miami is 26%

Duke is very surprising and could be the canary.
Ex. Duke yield is 56% (abt the same as Northwestern; JHU; Vanderbilt).
If Duke is having enrollment management issues early, these schools likely are as well…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

If that is true then maybe it makes sense that students who may have gone to Duke/Rice went to a school like Michigan. These are all great schools FYI. It is interesting to think that schools like Duke usually compete for Harvard etc but maybe it is some of these schools compete with a big state for a kid who thinks well if I don’t get Duke I will go to my state school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

Meant to ask to this poster
May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

Meant to ask to this poster
May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

Our high school’s college counselor.
Same for Wisconsin btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who have older kids, is this timeline and waitlist movement typical of previous years? Nothing seems normal about this year's admissions cycle, but I have nothing to compare it to.

If you look on college confidential, it is not normal for Rice or Duke to go to the waitlist this early.

Last year, there was a lot of early waitlist movement, and then very little. Seems there is a race to be earliest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

Meant to ask to this poster
May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

Doesn’t Michigan put like 20k on the waitlist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not alarming that Wake Forest and University of Miami are moving on their waitlist so early. They typically have yield issues anyway (sub-50%). Rice and CMU are unusual this early?
Ex. Rice yield is 44%; Wake yield is 36%; CM yield is 45%; U-Miami is 26%

Duke is very surprising and could be the canary.
Ex. Duke yield is 56% (abt the same as Northwestern; JHU; Vanderbilt).
If Duke is having enrollment management issues early, these schools likely are as well…..

That isn’t the way to look at. Schools like to go to the wait list early because then they are more likely to get yeses. There was movement early at certain schools last year so not surprising that trend continues.

[Anonymous]

We were just at Michigan for Campus Day. Met instate student who was trying to decide between Princeton and Michigan. Someone will be happy if they open up his slot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were just at Michigan for Campus Day. Met instate student who was trying to decide between Princeton and Michigan. Someone will be happy if they open up his slot.

That’s not the way it works. Just because someone declines does not mean they auto admit someone from the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

Meant to ask to this poster
May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

Our high school’s college counselor.
Same for Wisconsin btw.

Wisconsin has housing issues issues from over enrollment in past years. I think they were being very cautious this year.

[Anonymous]

I know people anxiously waiting for Emory and UVA so hope it all works out. I also know families that picked their state (UVa, Tech, UMD) on purpose and these are kids who could have gone to many privates so maybe what is popular is changing.

[Anonymous]

Do Ivies ever go to WL before May 1? I thought that was pretty much a rule. Anyone have any data from previous years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people went for state schools like Georgia/UT/Michigan/UN and these schools can take in a lot of students. I am hearing a lot of top students doing this because these schools are gaining in prestige. I am also sure there will be happy people getting calls from Duke/Rice.

Hearing very few Michigan WL expected this year….

Meant to ask to this poster
May I ask how you’ve learned this? Student is moving on but still on the WL for engineering.

Doesn’t Michigan put like 20k on the waitlist?

Yes. Just curious.

[Anonymous]

They also took off almost 1,000 last year which should give some hope out there in the metro area.