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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gonzaga admits close to 250 boys each academic school year. With that many spots to fill, I would suspect that there would be plenty of movement on the waitlist. As others suggested, write a letter to admissions, letting them know that Gonzaga is your first choice.[/quote]

Actually, Gonzaga [b]enrolls[/b] 250 boys.

Based on history, they offer admittance to more than 250 boys knowing that not everyone they offer admittance to will enroll. So they over-admit.

If fewer boys than they expect enroll, they will go to the Wait List.

Wait Lists are a long shot.[/quote]

Sorry got the terminology wrong, but I meant enroll.  So depending on what their typical yield may be, they will admit, say, 275 students, and only 225 enroll, that would be an 81% yield.  I doubt their yield is even that good, so they probably admit more than 275.  Either way, with such a large student body, it is more likely kids will move off the waiting list.[/quote]

Yes, but ….

Admissions tries hard to get the yield percentage estimate as accurate as possible. Administering the waitlist is a real pain because so many on it have moved on.

The Waitlist pool is quite large because they want to have a spectrum of candidates with different attributes to choose from.

The Waitlist is a long shot deal. Those on it would be well advised to start down the path of opportunities that are actually available to them.[/quote]

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