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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems it is a must for midwestern privates to rely on waitlist to fill the class. We looked at the CDS for the three major privates UChicago, Northwestern and Case Western.

Only Case Western lesser known that the other two disclosed full waitlist data and pulled 350 out of waitlist five times the number of Northwestern which pulled around 70 kids. Assuming the ratio holds, Northwestern at least put 2k students on waitlist. Given Northwestern's 63% yield it at least had to pull 100+ kids off the waitlist. In other words there is a 5% chance one will get off the northwestern waitlist.

For UChicago the waitlist is even more mysterious. Based on yield rate of 86% which is higher than any of HYPSM+ every other schools  (state & private) there data doesn't make sense. [b]Assuming the yield from EDI & EDII are 99%, to maintain that high an yield UChicago still have to get at least half of its class from EA & RD. [/b]Which will indicate they must go deep into the waitlist pool, and probably somewhere in the middle between Northwestern and Case Western. All these are based on 2021 CDS data.  [/quote]

I don't understand the bolded. Why doesn't the high yield indicate that Chicago fills a huge percentage of its class (probably around 80%) w/ ED1/ED2? What am I missing? My guess is that UChicago admits very few EA/RD and then relies heavily on WL to maintain high yield. I also think they're only admitting students from the WL who they are sure will come based on LOCI, discussions w/ college counselors, etc.[/quote]

[b]If they were able to fill most spots with strong enough candidates through ED they wouldn't need ED1 & ED2[/b]. They have to rely on EA and RD and waitlist. Also there is no reason not to disclose waitlist data. HYPSM have yield of around 70+% and they only need 1 ED or equivalent single choice. [/quote]

Again, I'm having a very hard time understanding your logic. Nobody said UChicago was the same as HYPSM...it's not. The reason it has such high yield is because of ED1 and ED2. That said, UChicago gets many very highly qualified candidates through ED2...generally people who took their shot at an Ivy, Stanford, MIT in the ED/EA round and got rejected or deferred. I think the few people UChicago lets in EA/RD are also top candidates who often end up w/ other choices. Those are the spots that UChicago has to go to its WL for. My kid was waitlisted at UChicago (got accepted somewhere he preferred) and I was told by people who know that their WL moves, especially for kids who make it clear that they'll accept an offer.[/quote]

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