Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:48
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Have you considered the possibility that Case honestly just didn't WANT your kid? I mean, it's not a non-selective school.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:37
Subject: Re:Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also EA deferred and RD waitlisted.
In my kid's case, I don't think it was yield protection at all, though I do think a lack of an in-person visit must've played a role, even if tiny.
They are closely related. If you never demonstrated any interest in this school, they know it's highly unlikely that you will enroll, hence the waitlist to protect yield.
PP here. She participated in multiple webinars, a virtual visit, etc. but we just couldn't swing an in-person visit due to a job loss and lengthy unemployment. I think it was more being very average stats for Case, so maybe a lack of an in-person visit was a tiebreaker. It was a very bad year for our family last year, but she also has some options that are great fits, so we're excited. Congratulations to everyone who got in!
What do you consider to be "average stats" for Case? I highly doubt that's the case if the same kid got into Michigan OOS and CMU. There's another thread here where a daughter got into MIT RD but was rejected from CMU. My own daughter has a 4.0 UW and SAT 1570 and was waitlisted at UMich OOS.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:34
Subject: Re:Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also EA deferred and RD waitlisted.
In my kid's case, I don't think it was yield protection at all, though I do think a lack of an in-person visit must've played a role, even if tiny.
They are closely related. If you never demonstrated any interest in this school, they know it's highly unlikely that you will enroll, hence the waitlist to protect yield.
PP here. She participated in multiple webinars, a virtual visit, etc. but we just couldn't swing an in-person visit due to a job loss and lengthy unemployment. I think it was more being very average stats for Case, so maybe a lack of an in-person visit was a tiebreaker. It was a very bad year for our family last year, but she also has some options that are great fits, so we're excited. Congratulations to everyone who got in!
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:27
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
my nephew was accepted to MIT and wl at CWRU.
this stuff is sometimes yield protection and sometimes it's the 24 year olds reading these applications. sometimes they like you, sometimes they think "eh"
this stuff is sometimes yield protection and sometimes it's the 24 year olds reading these applications. sometimes they like you, sometimes they think "eh"
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:27
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Same here. My kid clicked on every email, signed up for and attended multiple info sessions and virtual tours, and really liked their pre-med program, but did not visit in person. Could by why. He got into USC EA so it doesn't hurt as bad, but still.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:27
Subject: Re:Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:Also EA deferred and RD waitlisted.
In my kid's case, I don't think it was yield protection at all, though I do think a lack of an in-person visit must've played a role, even if tiny.
They are closely related. If you never demonstrated any interest in this school, they know it's highly unlikely that you will enroll, hence the waitlist to protect yield.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:22
Subject: Re:Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Also EA deferred and RD waitlisted.
In my kid's case, I don't think it was yield protection at all, though I do think a lack of an in-person visit must've played a role, even if tiny.
In my kid's case, I don't think it was yield protection at all, though I do think a lack of an in-person visit must've played a role, even if tiny.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:16
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:TWICE!!!
EA deferred then RD waitlisted.
What the &$(#$(#*&$?????
My DD applies to VT with four of her friends. The only one who got in had the worst stats (I mean they're still good, but one of her rejected friends got into CMU.) Schools have their own needs.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:09
Subject: Re:Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
You probably didn’t demonstrate interest in the supplemental essays. The same happened to my son with Purdue!
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:08
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
The yield management by these schools is truly out of control. I wish they didn't publish/get graded on their yields so they didn't micromanage them so much. I don't want to know how much they spend on the analytics to make these decisions. And how many truly interested kids they lose because they didn't think the kid was interested when they really were.
Though in this case, it sounds like they were right?
Though in this case, it sounds like they were right?
Anonymous
03/14/2026 20:03
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:Sometimes Case offers a provisional scholarship with the WL, pending acceptance to Case. Did you receive an email?
Yield protection, I am guessing you didn’t visit.
+1 to yield protection, especially if you didn’t visit.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:57
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Sometimes Case offers a provisional scholarship with the WL, pending acceptance to Case. Did you receive an email?
Yield protection, I am guessing you didn’t visit.
Yield protection, I am guessing you didn’t visit.
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:49
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:TWICE!!!
EA deferred then RD waitlisted.
What the &$(#$(#*&$?????
Does it matter though? The other two are in a totally different league!
OP: I just hate this stupid game the colleges play
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:47
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
Anonymous wrote:TWICE!!!
EA deferred then RD waitlisted.
What the &$(#$(#*&$?????
Does it matter though? The other two are in a totally different league!
Anonymous
03/14/2026 19:46
Subject: Accepted UMich OOS and CMU, but waitlisted at Case Western?
TWICE!!!
EA deferred then RD waitlisted.
What the &$(#$(#*&$?????
EA deferred then RD waitlisted.
What the &$(#$(#*&$?????