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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it sounds like a rain cloud, but assume that you will not get off the list. For most schools that are deemed competitive, a handful of kids typically are called from the waitpool across all grades each year. Some of these schools waitlist hundreds and may need to pull 3-5.

Schools that were once considered less competitive now have long waitpools too.

Simply put, demand continues to dramatically outpace supply.  The notion that the government cuts will somehow be the "black swan" event that every other "black swan" event failed to be is just not likely.  The WFC in 2008, COVID and now this led to so many people thinking that "this is the year" that things are different.

Instead, more and more kids are applying for a finite number of slots and schools continue to "soft no" with waitpools that rarely move. [/quote]

All of this false hope/confusion could be eliminated if schools didn't have a wait pool that is 3x their incoming class. Cap it at a reasonable number like .5x and reject everyone else.[/quote]

+1 (or .25X).[/quote]

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