Waitlist movement
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Anonymous
I thought they were done. Must have only been a few. |
Anonymous
Looks like Harvard is telling people mid-July (per someone's CCO)!!! https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/harvard-waitlist-thread-2029/3689440/220 |
Anonymous
| DS just got off the waitlist for Northwestern today |
Anonymous
Wow. This is kind of unheard of "late" for Northwestern. Who else in T10 is still "actively" admitting? Duke and Stanford are finished. Yale closed a long time ago. Princeton never really moved much. |
Anonymous
| JHU moved yesterday. |
Anonymous
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Summer melt is when students who have committed, sent in a deposit, and even started enrollment do not show up. It usually only becomes apparent when the next higher financial deadline is missed. July 1 is usually when final transcripts are due and some schools do rescind. Some kids have a last minute change of mind due to financial circumstances.
In normal years, AOs plan for this and slightly overfill the incoming class based on past years data. This year is a wild card with economic fears, international students, and some schools playing weird games with financial aid. You might see more spots open mid July up until August. For schools that accept a good % of transfer students, those schools might increase taking late waitlists and overfill at the junior level, leave the freshman spots open and balance out the next year. I’m sure schools are sitting in meeting after meeting trying to figure out how to keep tuition revenue up, how to rebalance classes where TAs are being lost, what to do if international students can’t get a VISA etc Universities are not good at quick planning. |
Anonymous
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Northwestern and WashU continued to move today…
IMO NU massively miscalculated their yield. |
Anonymous
You base this on what? The fact you see a few kids say they got off waitlist on reddit or whatever? I don't think there has been more movement there than usual. |
Anonymous
+2 I have never seen so many DC private school kids going to Northwestern! Many are getting in off the WL. |
Anonymous
| We asked for financial aid but are full pay. How do I tell waitlist colleges that we will pay? They say that they are need blind. |
Anonymous
Madness!! At least the kids will now be less nerdy & more mainstream! |
Anonymous
| How many schools are in limbo because they aren't sure if their international students will get their visas this year? Or if international students will withdraw because of the new regulations on their privacy? |
Anonymous
If you applied for aid but are full pay you'll be fine. Admissions looks at your kid's app and decides "we want this kid". They then go to financial aid and say "what will this kid cost us?" Financial aid says "nothing." Admissions (even at need aware schools) is not basing their entire decision simply on whether (or not) the kid arbitrarily checked the Common App "financial aid" box. They know that countless kids apply for aid that won't get it. They base their decision on the actual need once calculations have been made. Some kids who apply for aid will get nothing. Some will get $5K. Some will get $95K. My very good friend is the director of financial aid at need-blind institution. |
Anonymous
| Tulane still moving. |
Anonymous
Many. That's why so many waitlists are still active. Some international students are on the fence about coming, and may decide late. Others won't be able to get their visas processed. |