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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These data are great, but they don't tell you how far down the list they went. Some people may have gotten into a higher-ranked school and dropped off of the other waitlists. So, e.g., it shows that Hearst only made 4 offers from their waitlist for PK4 last year, but they surely went beyond spot 4 -- I know someone in the top 4 initially who got into a better ranked school and was then removed from the Hearst waitlist, so they never got a call.[/quote]

Sure it does -

IF it says 20 seats were offered in the lottery and the wait list info said they went to 36, that means that 16 of those people turned it down. [/quote]

What do you mean "the wait list info said they went to __"? I only see "Number of waitlist offers made to round 1 applicants" by date, nothing else. Also, they may have made other offers to round 2 or post-lottery applicants.[/quote]

It is two separate tables - the number of waitlist offers are the additional number of offers made on top of those that were matched in the lottery. I don't think they should be added together.[/quote]

I agree that the two numbers should not be added together.  20 seats were initially matched, but not everyone took them so they had to go through an additional 36 people to fill them...[/quote]

I only see the # of initial offers made (through the lottery) and then the # of waitlist offers made through round 1 applicants. To the extent that people were taken off waitlists because they were matched with higher-ranked schools, that does not tell you how far down the waitlist they went. Also, it doesn't tell you how many round 2 offers and post-lottery applicant offers were made. To the extent that those people have preferences, they may have received offers over round 1 waitlisted people.[/quote]

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