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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I don't have admissions data to back this up, I would venture to say that the top schools likely don't over-admit because there is a higher likelihood for someone to accept. If you don't want to end up in an over enrolled state, its smarter to admit for the spaces you have and pull from the waitlist as spots open up. That's why I would tell people that deciding to lose all hope (and therefore not express pro-active interest in continuing the process) is a mistake. Worst case it doesn't help, but best case you get one of the slots when someone drops out.[/quote]

Nope.

All schools admit more students than they have room for because they know that not everyone accepts the invitation to enroll.

They are guided by this by years and even decades of seeing results. If they miss their “yield” estimate on the low side by a few, they’ll go to the Wait POOL. The Wait POOL is a pain to administer because offers of admission have to be made serially. There’s no guarantee Wait POOL offers will be accepted. Many of these people have moved on. Some to schools they prefer anyway. Some stung by the Wait Pool assignment who have decided that they prefer a school that would accept them on the first pass, which suggests a better “fit”.

You may think your approach would be smarter, but none of the local schools would agree. That isn’t they way it works and would be an administrative nightmare.[/quote]

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