Anonymous
05/28/2026 18:35
Subject: Re:Waitlist Movements
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:WashU and Emory are great for pre-med/sciences. I think there's still a market for that pipeline. Atlanta is an awesome city to go to school in for 4 years, great weather, etc.
Personally I think pre-med with WashU full pay is fine, but not with Emory full pay. But anything other than pre-med is not okay with either full pay.
Why not Emory? It seems strong in a major metro area with hospital right on campus, CDC, research available etc.? It seems very strong with pre-law, pre-med, strong undergrad business school for the region.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 18:27
Subject: Re:Waitlist Movements
Anonymous wrote:WashU and Emory are great for pre-med/sciences. I think there's still a market for that pipeline. Atlanta is an awesome city to go to school in for 4 years, great weather, etc.
Personally I think pre-med with WashU full pay is fine, but not with Emory full pay. But anything other than pre-med is not okay with either full pay.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 18:17
Subject: Re:Waitlist Movements
WashU and Emory are great for pre-med/sciences. I think there's still a market for that pipeline. Atlanta is an awesome city to go to school in for 4 years, great weather, etc.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 18:12
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Another Emory wave, their yield seems off this year.
The are a second tier school and are need aware and looking for kids who will pay them $95K. I predict schools like this will have trouble going forward. Same with WashU (although I'm not sure of their need blind/aware status) but they are similarly priced and the pool of people willing and able to pay roughly $100k/year in cash for them is shrinking.
We have HHI of $400K and my kid just got into Emory as a transfer and they want the $95k/year. There's no way we'd pay that. My child is going to an Ivy and we're honestly questioning that ROI in that school. by any standard we have a pretty High HHI and yet 100k per year of college feels completely crazy. there have to be many like us .
Wondering whether schools in big cities like USC, BU and NYU have sufficient allure to avoid this.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 16:48
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Yale, NYU, WashU.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 15:05
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Another Emory wave, their yield seems off this year.
The are a second tier school and are need aware and looking for kids who will pay them $95K. I predict schools like this will have trouble going forward. Same with WashU (although I'm not sure of their need blind/aware status) but they are similarly priced and the pool of people willing and able to pay roughly $100k/year in cash for them is shrinking.
We have HHI of $400K and my kid just got into Emory as a transfer and they want the $95k/year. There's no way we'd pay that. My child is going to an Ivy and we're honestly questioning that ROI in that school. by any standard we have a pretty High HHI and yet 100k per year of college feels completely crazy. there have to be many like us .
Yep, there are lots of folks like that at my kids' FCPS public HS. Over the past ten years or so, there has been a marked trend towards attending public colleges, with more and more OOS flagships becoming desirable. As a paying parent, it's much easier to swallow $50-$60K/year than the $100K/year that the privates are pushing. Plus there is a decent amount of merit money out there for top kids, even at state flagships.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 14:16
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Anonymous wrote:Another Emory wave, their yield seems off this year.
The are a second tier school and are need aware and looking for kids who will pay them $95K. I predict schools like this will have trouble going forward. Same with WashU (although I'm not sure of their need blind/aware status) but they are similarly priced and the pool of people willing and able to pay roughly $100k/year in cash for them is shrinking.
We have HHI of $400K and my kid just got into Emory as a transfer and they want the $95k/year. There's no way we'd pay that. My child is going to an Ivy and we're honestly questioning that ROI in that school. by any standard we have a pretty High HHI and yet 100k per year of college feels completely crazy. there have to be many like us .
Anonymous
05/28/2026 13:45
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Another Emory wave, their yield seems off this year.
Anonymous
05/28/2026 08:00
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Anonymous
05/27/2026 11:37
Subject: Waitlist Movements
We know a kid with offer off the wait list from Georgetown but waiting on financial aid offer.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 11:18
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Brown still moving…
Anonymous
05/27/2026 10:31
Subject: Waitlist Movements
NYU
Anonymous
05/27/2026 09:33
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Harvey Mudd waitlist moved. Mid-Atlantic
Anonymous
05/25/2026 16:20
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Carleton has begun offering
Anonymous
05/25/2026 16:19
Subject: Waitlist Movements
Emory is starting its second round. Northwestern started putting out offers too.