Anyone's child get off the waitlist?

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Anonymous wrote:DC was admitted off of the waitlist for the University of Chicago.

Wow! Congrats. That almost never happens!

We know. Something like 3.5%. It made our week.

How were you informed? Are they finished their WL? My DC is on UChicago's WL and we did not hear anything .

The regional admissions rep called DC’s school counselor who called me. I indicated strong interest. The admissions rep then sent an email to DC and called that evening and made the offer. They wanted to know we would accept which we did on the spot.

The next day we got an email with details and a requirement for a $500 deposit.

UChicago's yield must have tanked this year. The last thing they want is to send out more offers of admission to wait-listers and have THOSE people say "no". For them to go to the trouble of making direct calls to a wait list kid and school, and then making an exploding verbal offer BEFORE giving the written (real & recorded for USNWR) one shows UChicago's really worried about their yield and the impact on its ranking.

Chicago has done this in prior years. Yes, they care a lot about yield.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC was admitted off of the waitlist for the University of Chicago.

Wow! Congrats. That almost never happens!

We know. Something like 3.5%. It made our week.

How were you informed? Are they finished their WL? My DC is on UChicago's WL and we did not hear anything .

The regional admissions rep called DC’s school counselor who called me. I indicated strong interest. The admissions rep then sent an email to DC and called that evening and made the offer. They wanted to know we would accept which we did on the spot.

The next day we got an email with details and a requirement for a $500 deposit.

UChicago's yield must have tanked this year. The last thing they want is to send out more offers of admission to wait-listers and have THOSE people say "no". For them to go to the trouble of making direct calls to a wait list kid and school, and then making an exploding verbal offer BEFORE giving the written (real & recorded for USNWR) one shows UChicago's really worried about their yield and the impact on its ranking.

Chicago has done this in prior years. Yes, they care a lot about yield.

This is how a lot of schools do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:can you provide the names of the schools

Stop. People are not going to do that. There’s no benefit to them in doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:can you provide the names of the schools

Stop. People are not going to do that. There’s no benefit to them in doing so.

What’s the downside? The benefit is that it helps others who are also on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC was admitted off of the waitlist for the University of Chicago.

Wow! Congrats. That almost never happens!

We know. Something like 3.5%. It made our week.

How were you informed? Are they finished their WL? My DC is on UChicago's WL and we did not hear anything .

The regional admissions rep called DC’s school counselor who called me. I indicated strong interest. The admissions rep then sent an email to DC and called that evening and made the offer. They wanted to know we would accept which we did on the spot.

The next day we got an email with details and a requirement for a $500 deposit.

UChicago's yield must have tanked this year. The last thing they want is to send out more offers of admission to wait-listers and have THOSE people say "no". For them to go to the trouble of making direct calls to a wait list kid and school, and then making an exploding verbal offer BEFORE giving the written (real & recorded for USNWR) one shows UChicago's really worried about their yield and the impact on its ranking.

Chicago has done this in prior years. Yes, they care a lot about yield.

Chicago plays way too admissions games to be taken seriously. Quality schools don’t need ED2 and ED2 and this approach to waitlists.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:can you provide the names of the schools

Stop. People are not going to do that. There’s no benefit to them in doing so.

What’s the downside? The benefit is that it helps others who are also on the waitlist.

If they wanted to name the school(s), they would have done so in their post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC was admitted off of the waitlist for the University of Chicago.

Wow! Congrats. That almost never happens!

We know. Something like 3.5%. It made our week.

How were you informed? Are they finished their WL? My DC is on UChicago's WL and we did not hear anything .

The regional admissions rep called DC’s school counselor who called me. I indicated strong interest. The admissions rep then sent an email to DC and called that evening and made the offer. They wanted to know we would accept which we did on the spot.

The next day we got an email with details and a requirement for a $500 deposit.

UChicago's yield must have tanked this year. The last thing they want is to send out more offers of admission to wait-listers and have THOSE people say "no". For them to go to the trouble of making direct calls to a wait list kid and school, and then making an exploding verbal offer BEFORE giving the written (real & recorded for USNWR) one shows UChicago's really worried about their yield and the impact on its ranking.

If true this makes me sad. Chicago was DS's favorite school we visited, but ultimately he did not apply because he thought there was no way he'd get in. Am wishing now we would have made him try.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the dumb question. Newbie here. So if a student accepted a school and gets off tie waitlist at another do they just lose the deposit at the first school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the dumb question. Newbie here. So if a student accepted a school and gets off tie waitlist at another do they just lose the deposit at the first school?

Yep.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was WL at two, got off one yesterday - UC Boulder.

CU Boulder

Realised that as soon as I hit submit. I keep doing that! (but I still don't get why it's CU Boulder but University of Colorado Boulder)

Went there for grad school. The thought is that since it’s in PAC 12 with UC Berkeley, CU Boulder makes more sense. At least that’s what I was once told.

Nope. It’s been CU far longer than it’s been in the PAC-12.

[Anonymous]

At this stage in the game (past May 1st), can we focus on waitlist movement at the Ivys and T20? And end this misery? It would
be helpful to know.

[Anonymous]

One kid got off Penn waitlist today, school emailed him.

[Anonymous]

One girl was off NYU waitlist with spring admission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One kid got off Penn waitlist today, school emailed him.

UPenn?

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Anonymous wrote:One kid got off Penn waitlist today, school emailed him.

UPenn?

Private or public school kid?