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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish they would list the current waitlist length not just number of offers.[/quote]

Post-lottery adds are really not plentiful enough to noticeably change the length from match day forost schools. Assume fewer than 5 post-lottery adds at most schools, maybe as many as 10 in a flukey year.

But mostly the length of the wait-list on match day minus number if wait-list offers is a good approximation.[/quote]

I guess I was thinking more I’m curious how many spits those offers actually mean.  A school might offer 20 seats to fill one or offer 20 seats and fill 20 seats because 20 students unenrolled over the summer opening more space.  I guess waitlist length isn’t the right thing but is there a way to tell the difference between those scenarios.[/quote]

You can't tell that just by looking at the numbers in a vacuum, but if you tell us what school or schools you are wondering about, we can often figure it out here. People often have knowledge about things like schools adding another classroom (in which case a move of 20 or 30 in the waitlist probably corresponds to close to that many actual spots in the new classroom) or alternatively about an issue at the school that may be leading many people to turn down offers (like for instance this year Brent is burning through their waitlists, which likely reflects a combination of some students choosing not to return AND some waitlist spots being offered to many families before finding a taker, because they are moving to a swing space that is far from their usual campus -- Brent families can probably provide some insight because they will have a good sense of what other families are doing and thus how many spots are being made available over the summer).

So if you have specific tests you are wondering about, just ask and you can get good insight here. Like the insight earlier in this thread about Ludlow-Taylor being cautious about waitlist offers over the summer due to over enrollment issues in two grades last year.[/quote]

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