Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 11:16     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why did Duke suddenly "find" a decent number of spots (20? 50?) this week and Rice found 10+ and yet other peer schools (Dartmouth, Berkeley, etc) appear confident they are fully enrolled and closed down completely without going to the waitlist at all.

You would think the uncertainty would be equal at peer schools and they would be at a similar point of enrollment at this stage in the game.

So puzzling.

Some schools want to drop their acceptance rate so low that they use the waitlist as yeild management. It backfired this year. Other schools like Emory tend to not use the waitlist in that way.


Wait, do WL acceptances not get factored into yield?


I believe they do not.

Using WL as yield management is like the inverse strategy as using ED, if you think about it.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 10:06     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why did Duke suddenly "find" a decent number of spots (20? 50?) this week and Rice found 10+ and yet other peer schools (Dartmouth, Berkeley, etc) appear confident they are fully enrolled and closed down completely without going to the waitlist at all.

You would think the uncertainty would be equal at peer schools and they would be at a similar point of enrollment at this stage in the game.

So puzzling.

Some schools want to drop their acceptance rate so low that they use the waitlist as yeild management. It backfired this year. Other schools like Emory tend to not use the waitlist in that way.


Wait, do WL acceptances not get factored into yield?
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 08:24     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just sent the first semester payment to my kid’s school so there’s no way a last-minute offer from a waitlist will change things. At this point, students have found roommates, selected classes, and finished orientation, so unless a school that has an opening makes it worthwhile ($$$), they’ll have to find another sucker to fill the spot.

I think schools that waitlisted a lot of kids are going to find themselves with vacancies as students reject the spot. Especially this late in the game.


A decent number of families would double pay the fall to get a spot at HYP, etc. Remember, many of those involved (prep school kids, NYC kids, etc) are have a ton of money. A semester of college tuition is nothing to them.



Yep -- for families who spend $100K for a college counselor, one semester of tuition is a pittance.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 08:22     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:I just sent the first semester payment to my kid’s school so there’s no way a last-minute offer from a waitlist will change things. At this point, students have found roommates, selected classes, and finished orientation, so unless a school that has an opening makes it worthwhile ($$$), they’ll have to find another sucker to fill the spot.

I think schools that waitlisted a lot of kids are going to find themselves with vacancies as students reject the spot. Especially this late in the game.


A decent number of families would double pay the fall to get a spot at HYP, etc. Remember, many of those involved (prep school kids, NYC kids, etc) are have a ton of money. A semester of college tuition is nothing to them.

Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 07:26     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:Why did Duke suddenly "find" a decent number of spots (20? 50?) this week and Rice found 10+ and yet other peer schools (Dartmouth, Berkeley, etc) appear confident they are fully enrolled and closed down completely without going to the waitlist at all.

You would think the uncertainty would be equal at peer schools and they would be at a similar point of enrollment at this stage in the game.

So puzzling.

Some schools want to drop their acceptance rate so low that they use the waitlist as yeild management. It backfired this year. Other schools like Emory tend to not use the waitlist in that way.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2025 07:12     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:I just sent the first semester payment to my kid’s school so there’s no way a last-minute offer from a waitlist will change things. At this point, students have found roommates, selected classes, and finished orientation, so unless a school that has an opening makes it worthwhile ($$$), they’ll have to find another sucker to fill the spot.

I think schools that waitlisted a lot of kids are going to find themselves with vacancies as students reject the spot. Especially this late in the game.


💯 agree!!
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 21:50     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
I just sent the first semester payment to my kid’s school so there’s no way a last-minute offer from a waitlist will change things. At this point, students have found roommates, selected classes, and finished orientation, so unless a school that has an opening makes it worthwhile ($$$), they’ll have to find another sucker to fill the spot.

I think schools that waitlisted a lot of kids are going to find themselves with vacancies as students reject the spot. Especially this late in the game.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 21:36     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Maybe the WL movement is due to foreign students deciding not to come.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 21:17     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
I think I’d want for my kid to find out about a waitlist acceptance in May, while school is still in session and they can talk to their college counselor about it. And it leaves enough time to plan ahead for move-in, summer plans, etc. When I got off a waitlist 30+ years ago, the college called our school college counselor with that notification, not me.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 20:50     Subject: Re:Which waitlists are still open?
It seems so late to switch to a different school. So strange. It's a bit arrogant, imo, for a school to offer a spot in early August.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 20:36     Subject: Re:Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:UCSD, UCLA, UCI

The UCs are being weird with several like UCSB, UCD, UCB and UCSC saying they are closed, some applicants changing to rejection and others still saying waitlist.


UCLA closed their waitlist today.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 17:59     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
My daughter's classmate recently got off the Harvard waitlist after having enrolled at Hopkins. She was ecstatic.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 16:12     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory closed
Boston College closed
Dartmouth closed

Notre Dame is still open
Cornell too
Harvard
Duke re-opened
?

So its August, you are fully prepared to attend UVA, UMD or wherever and Duke emails offering admission...wow.


are people Duke fanatics?


Why
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 16:11     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emory closed
Boston College closed
Dartmouth closed

Notre Dame is still open
Cornell too
Harvard
Duke re-opened
?

So its August, you are fully prepared to attend UVA, UMD or wherever and Duke emails offering admission...wow.


What are people Duke fanatics?
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2025 15:22     Subject: Which waitlists are still open?
Anonymous wrote:Why did Duke suddenly "find" a decent number of spots (20? 50?) this week and Rice found 10+ and yet other peer schools (Dartmouth, Berkeley, etc) appear confident they are fully enrolled and closed down completely without going to the waitlist at all.

You would think the uncertainty would be equal at peer schools and they would be at a similar point of enrollment at this stage in the game.

So puzzling.


Dartmouth has fewer internationals. They also have a new head AO who came from Penn - using a different admissions/ enrollment formula than in past years. It seems much more “accurate” in predicting yield.