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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not poring over anything. I'm sorry it comes off as smug to you. While I'm glad that you know people who have gotten off the WL at top schools, for most people, that is rare. Any cursory reading on this site would cofnfirm that top schools go to the wait list very very rarely. [/quote]

[i]While I'm glad for you[/i] that you think that the AD is your friend, I have  some news for you. You have been told the public message. Likely because "your friend" the AD knows you pretty well, and could just see you going out and spreading the subtle word on how exclusive your school is. Why do you think that you were "chosen" to help informally with admimissions, PP ?[/quote]

(1) I posted at 19:10 and am a different poster than 17:18, who, you are claiming, is "poring" over the issue of how few people getting off WL.

(2) Using your logic, the "public" image of our school would be that we have such high yield numbers, nobody accepted turns us down.  That's not what I was told.  I was told that a certain percentage of families accepted to our school don't enroll, so we accept more applicants than we have actual space for.

I am not claiming to know what goes on with all schools.  People do get of the waitlists.  But I think it's very disingenuous to encourage people to hold out hope when the overwhelming odds are that the waitlists won't move much, if at all.  Admissions is an exhausting, emotional and often somewhat unfair process.  It's wonderful when it works out.  However, when it doesn't, it's best to move on to Plan B instead of holding on to the small chance of being one of the lucky few who gets a call off the WL.  Best of luck to everyone![/quote]

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