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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this whole thread but this is very hard to quantify. I haven't seen anyone post admissions numbers to prove what some are saying. And just to throw in another factor, I also know from friends who applied that NCS and Sidwell are pulling from their wait lists for next years' admissions which means people are turning them down as well so they are getting the cream of the crop they wanted. There is just so much at play here to measure this.[/quote]

Well, that's a pretty silly conclusion.   None of the top schools have 100% yield (the % of students who accept an offer).  They have always drawn from the waitlist.  Good Lord, even Harvard draws from its waitlist and it only admitted 5.8 % of applicants this year.

The information on percentage applicants admitted and percent offered who accepted is available. I don't have time to look it up this morning. If you want to know, Google it maybe.[/quote]

All schools accept more students than they have room for, gambling on how many will accept their offer. They do not however all go to their wait lists! I work in the industry and won't identify myself but can tell you that not all private schools are pulling off of their wait lists![/quote]

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