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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked in admissions in a T10 law school. We didn’t admit anyone from the waitlist without doing this. Usually by phone because we wanted to judge the response. Every once in a while we’d still get skunked because after our offer (which they had accepted) then an even higher ranked school would admit them from their WL. It just the way it works. Now mind you our incoming class sizes were much smaller to manage.[/quote]

Judge the response? What do you mean? If they didn't sound excited enough, then what?[/quote]

Hesitates, seems unsure, asks lots of questions about FA, seems to be buying for time, asks for extension, etc. You become a good judge over time. As another PP noted it’s partially about yield but also just that AOs have been grinding all admissions season and just want to be done. So if the next guy on the list is more eager than you or you give off red flags, we’ll go with him.[/quote]

Makes sense to me. Also, its easy to just remove your name from the waiting list if outreach will be inconvenient and/or unwelcome past a certain point.[/quote]

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