Anonymous
04/22/2026 16:19
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
I'm not in college admissions, but my guess would be that even if they got their yield/waitlist/spring admit classes TOTALLY wrong, that they'd rather have some empty beds and just increase acceptance numbers the following year than change a denial into an acceptance. The longer term implications of doing that seem really complicated and negative. No school wants to be the one where kids think "no doesn't really mean no"
Anonymous
04/22/2026 16:17
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:
Just looked up the most recent report (for fall 2025 admission) of UMD-College Park's Common Data Set.
If I read it right, these are the in-state admissions statistics:
Applied: 18487
Admitted: 8075
Enrolled: 4133
So, that's about a 44% acceptance rate for in-state applicants, and about a 51% yield rate.
For out-of-state applicants, it was:
Applied: 48614
Admitted:22143
Enrolled:2426
That's a 46% acceptance rate and a yield rate of 11%.
No surprise that in-state applicants are much more likely to enroll once admitted.
The Common Data Set report also had this info about UMD's wait list:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:247
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:0
Number of wait-listed students admitted:0
If I am reading that right, that's a tiny wait list for a college the size of UMD.
Sorry, OP. Best to move on to the places where your DC was accepted.
Folks can download the Common Data Set data for UMD here: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/InstitutionalData/cds.html
As a PP pointed out, they already have the spring admit/freshmen connect kids as well. I'd guess if they truly ended up wanting more kids for the fall, they'd offer spots to those kids as well, so between that pool and a good sense of their yield, they probably only put kids on a wait list if they truly think they may eventually accept them, rather than some other schools that use wait lists as a soft no.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 15:24
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Unsure why no previous poster has pointed out:
UMD HAS A WAITLIST
OP- your child (or you?) either needs to move on or plan to attend a CC with a transfer agreement
https://admissions.umd.edu/persona/waitlist-faqs
Didn't realize one existed.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 15:22
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Of our private school, 10 kids were accepted at UMD; only 1 will attend, the others going to Ivies or schools like Stanford, U Chicago, Brown, Duke, etc. Will UMD go down on their list to fill their spaces or they have enough people from OOS and other counties that are not MoCo?
As others have said... no.
Also, I would guess the yield for UMD is higher for public schools than private schools. Turns out private school families as a whole have more money to pay for private universities.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 15:11
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Assuming this is some attempt to disparage UMD. How the hell could they reverse an admission decision? Low yield but consistent. They know how many to accept to get to their needed enrollment numbers.
By no means, we really like UMD but kid was denied. We are wondering if there could still be a chance if the other students don't take the offer.
If not admitted this time, the best next step may be applying to transfer.
That's what my dc is doing.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 14:35
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
https://admissions.umd.edu/persona/appeal-requests
Try to appeal. See info above. Worst case is a No. Nothing to lose.
Try to appeal. See info above. Worst case is a No. Nothing to lose.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:48
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Just looked up the most recent report (for fall 2025 admission) of UMD-College Park's Common Data Set.
If I read it right, these are the in-state admissions statistics:
Applied: 18487
Admitted: 8075
Enrolled: 4133
So, that's about a 44% acceptance rate for in-state applicants, and about a 51% yield rate.
For out-of-state applicants, it was:
Applied: 48614
Admitted:22143
Enrolled:2426
That's a 46% acceptance rate and a yield rate of 11%.
No surprise that in-state applicants are much more likely to enroll once admitted.
The Common Data Set report also had this info about UMD's wait list:
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:247
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:0
Number of wait-listed students admitted:0
If I am reading that right, that's a tiny wait list for a college the size of UMD.
Sorry, OP. Best to move on to the places where your DC was accepted.
Folks can download the Common Data Set data for UMD here: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/InstitutionalData/cds.html
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:39
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Thank you to all that have replied. 😊
I am trying to move on...my child is happy where they were accepted, it's just been difficult for me as I had my hopes on UMD.
Empathy goes a long way.
Sorry to hear. Would have helped if you mentioned that in your original post.
Unfortunately on this forum there is a constant them of trying to put down UMD. I could see how many thought this with the way the original questions was worded. UMD hate is strange because admissions is more and more difficult as you unfortunately found out. I'd encourage your child to look into transferring after a year.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:37
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Assuming this is some attempt to disparage UMD. How the hell could they reverse an admission decision? Low yield but consistent. They know how many to accept to get to their needed enrollment numbers.
By no means, we really like UMD but kid was denied. We are wondering if there could still be a chance if the other students don't take the offer.
Best to move on
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:33
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Thank you to all that have replied. 😊
I am trying to move on...my child is happy where they were accepted, it's just been difficult for me as I had my hopes on UMD.
Empathy goes a long way.
I am trying to move on...my child is happy where they were accepted, it's just been difficult for me as I had my hopes on UMD.
Empathy goes a long way.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:18
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Assuming this is some attempt to disparage UMD. How the hell could they reverse an admission decision? Low yield but consistent. They know how many to accept to get to their needed enrollment numbers.
By no means, we really like UMD but kid was denied. We are wondering if there could still be a chance if the other students don't take the offer.
If not admitted this time, the best next step may be applying to transfer.
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:17
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Unsure why no previous poster has pointed out:
UMD HAS A WAITLIST
OP- your child (or you?) either needs to move on or plan to attend a CC with a transfer agreement
https://admissions.umd.edu/persona/waitlist-faqs
UMD HAS A WAITLIST
OP- your child (or you?) either needs to move on or plan to attend a CC with a transfer agreement
https://admissions.umd.edu/persona/waitlist-faqs
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:15
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Assuming this is some attempt to disparage UMD. How the hell could they reverse an admission decision? Low yield but consistent. They know how many to accept to get to their needed enrollment numbers.
By no means, we really like UMD but kid was denied. We are wondering if there could still be a chance if the other students don't take the offer.
Sigh. You need therapy. Please accept that your kid will not attend this university. I hope you haven't told your kid that there is still a chance!
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:13
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Assuming this is some attempt to disparage UMD. How the hell could they reverse an admission decision? Low yield but consistent. They know how many to accept to get to their needed enrollment numbers.
By no means, we really like UMD but kid was denied. We are wondering if there could still be a chance if the other students don't take the offer.
Sigh. You need therapy. Please accept that your kid will not attend this university. I hope you haven't told your kid that there is still a chance!
Anonymous
04/22/2026 12:13
Subject: UMD has no waitlist, but if their yield is low will they take denied students?
Anonymous wrote:Wishful thinking, OP. I don't know why you're pointing to UMD. All colleges do this. They know, from years of data, how many kids will probably show up. They tend to err on the side of over-crowding.
Thank you.