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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get the wait pool vs waitlist thing but do some schools still kind of have an idea of kids that might get in vs not (has any parent ever heard from a school that they're right on the edge?) [/quote] No one is “on the edge.” Either they get it or they didn’t. If they are waitlisted, the factors that gauge their probability of acceptance is how closely they resemble the profile and attributes of the kids who exceeded their projections of declining admission. If they projected a 70% yield and ended up at 65% and each of the Asian-American tuba players who live in Virginia chose to go elsewhere, your tuba-playing kid from Alexandria stands a decent chance. If your kid is a trumpet player in Bethesda, their chances are slim. Is this in exaggeration and caricature? Yes, but the concept is accurate. [/quote]
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