Waitlist movement

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Anonymous wrote:Got into Penn today! YES!

Congrats!

Thanks - DC is pushing back some, was really excited about going to a LAC (WASP), but I feel like..it's PENN

Such a different experience for 4 years. Curious what major? I would want my kid to go to Penn, but I think it could be a disaster for a kid that really wanted that small, intellectual LAC feel.

Humanities major - possibly history, maybe english. Wanted Ivy (Yale) from the get-go, applied to several other Ivies as well, so I feel like it's not a LAC-or-bust situation, but rather that DC got excited about the LAC when it was clearly the best option. But now it may not be the best option....

Williams or Amherst vs Penn?

What is the goal? Law school or consulting? What is your kids personality? Do they want urban? I truthfully would go with Williams or Amherst and I was a humanities major who went to law school at a T10.

WASP over Penn for this kind of kid any day…

agree yale is closer to WA than Penn.
yikes, penn....

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Anonymous wrote:Quite a bit of late waitlist activity from Dartmouth (3 late offers in kid's private school alone). A few from Tufts this past week in my network. A couple of UCs.

Can anyone confirm that Dartmouth WL has moved?

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No credible Dartmouth reports.....but call the AO.

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Georgetown is still moving

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Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

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Anonymous wrote:Again, it’s the political climate and crazy world right now. The foreign/International students don’t want to be part of this crazy right now and they are at EVERY college in the nation. They fund 1/3 of the UCal system, most of the FA at Univ Arizona and other public universities. This affects all the schools and as kids drop spots to move on up, it has a trickle down effect, more start getting pulled off other WL. 2025 is going to be the summer of WL glory.

Could where the economy is headed be a factor? Many students may have chosen schools offering full-rides or substantial financial aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Sound like a ton of waitlist admits today for Columbia. Anyone care to speculate what types of schools such students might be disenrolling from to attend Columbia? Wondering about a trickle up effect on other waitlists.

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Northwestern on Friday

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Sound like a ton of waitlist admits today for Columbia. Anyone care to speculate what types of schools such students might be disenrolling from to attend Columbia? Wondering about a trickle up effect on other waitlists.

People on Reddit mentioned Penn and Brown

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Wow. So many. Thousands?

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Wow. So many. Thousands?

Huge posts about this on social media.

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Boston College accepted some off the waitlist yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Wow. So many. Thousands?

Thousands? They're enrolling a class of 1400. A large percentage have been locked in since Dec ED.
An online college counselor I follow estimated 100 kids got off.

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Following with interest. Parent of rising senior who does not plan on applying ED (interest in a REA school). I really hope my DC has good options next spring and makes a choice by May 1,2026 and forgoes any waitlists. Is that realistic?

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia accepted a bunch of people today per reddit.

Wow. So many. Thousands?

Thousands? They're enrolling a class of 1400. A large percentage have been locked in since Dec ED.
An online college counselor I follow estimated 100 kids got off.

Its closer to several hundred - based on an online counselor I follow - who predicted a large wave.