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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your scenario is purely hypothetical and doesn't make any sense. Your math falls apart pretty quickly if every school does it. There is only finite number of qualified students on the waitlist who are full pay on a given year. If Harvard pulls 700 off its wait list, the wait list will shrink for other schools.

Why would a school limit the number of slots for 2021 and fill two years of school with 2020 students even if the math works, i.e. the year 2020 has unusual number of rich parents? Is that good for their brand, student experience, budget? If you are the president of a university what does this gain for your school?[/quote]
Not PP, but to clarify, the 2020 already admitted students, the ones looking to defer, aren't all full pay; many will have financial aid packages.  This probably drives colleges to hunt for full pay on the waitlist, however.  Inside the top 20, there may be enough full payers on the waitlist - hard to guess though.

Thinking out loud, can a student accepted off a waitlist also elect to defer?[/quote]

It sounds like students admitted off waitlists don't have the option to defer.[/quote]

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