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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish it worked that way but it doesn't. If someone declines an admission offer it does NOT automatically "open" a slot for someone else unless the school's yield is lower than expected.

Schools admit more kids than they hope to enroll, just as airlines overbook flights. Schools assume that not every accepted student will enroll, and they look at past "yield" rates from accepted and waitlisted student to whom offers are made, and decide based on that how many students to admit.[/quote]
I'm sure every school is different, and maybe even different grades within the same school are different.  But I've worked with the admissions team, and I know for a fact that at my kids' elementary school, they absolutely do NOT over-admit based on past yield rates.  The school had strict building occupancy limits on how many kids can be in each classroom, so they cannot risk miscalculating.  As a result, they admit initially only the exact number of students to fill each classroom. As families make their decisions, the school goes to the waitlist as needed.  Each family that declines a spot results in an offer to one child off the waitlist.  That's why schools pressure families to make decisions quickly - it has real consequences for those on the waitlist.[/quote]

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