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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats to PP for being an anecdotal beneficiary of waitlists…proof that it does happen.   That doesn’t change the fact that for 95%+ it is indeed a soft rejection and the notion that “you’re good enough but there just aren’t enough spots” is a bit, of course, silly. Many of these h.schools will literally put 5-10X the number of admitted students and available slots on the waitlists, knowing full well that they will admit, at maximum, fewer than 5.

If a school has 20 slots and admits 30 to account for yield but puts 150 in the waiting pool, they’re just doing everyone a disservice (except, perhaps, for parents who feel better about being on an infinite waitlist rather than simply moving on). [/quote]

A "Disservice"?

The system is set up and administered by the schools. It's for their benefit. They need to fill their classes and estimating the "yield" is as much an art as a science. They also want to have a range of applicants on the waitlist so they can match the needs of the school to any shortfall that the process has left them with.

This idea of a "soft" rejection is the product of message boards and others that don't understand how the whole thing works.[/quote]

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