<p>does anyone know about how many people are waitlisted?</p>
<p>nope, i was wondering the same thing. i think i may call admissions and ask them cause it says on the letter to call w/ any questions. ill let ya know if i find out.</p>
<p>well, one of my friends and I both got waitlisted, so that's at least 2...
... but seriously I don't think they would tell you how many got waitlisted would they? That's just a guess, or a gut feeling; I'm just speculating.</p>
<p>I checked their common data sets and Pomona has in the past left that information blank. In 2008 my daughter's friend made it off the wait list but the common data doesn't say how many were on the waitlist or made it off it. For 2007 the only information is that they took 22 students off and 2006 the information is again missing.</p>
<p>Kids do get off the waitlist. There may be a chance for you.</p>
<p>Hmm. If I’m on Pomona’s waitlist… should I stay on? I’m also accepted to CMC, which is stronger in gov/politics area. But I loved Pomona’s atmosphere when I visited. I’m so conflicted…</p>
<p>If you are really interested in gov/politics, CMC is definitely the way to go. If you love CMC, go with it and don’t bother with the stress of not knowing where you’re going.</p>
<p>(To be upfront, I am a Pomona waitlistee with my heart set on it and kind of have no choice but to tell you to not take a spot.) But you should take my advice anyway, if you really do like CMC. Remember that you can cross-enroll and they’re right next door.</p>
<p>In all honesty, though, being on the waitlist is causing me major stress. If I didn’t really, really, really want to go, I’d stop this process right away.</p>
<p>darling: I was accepted to Pomona already, but as you say CMC does have better poli sci department. My friend goes to CMC right now and takes classes at Pomona and all the other Claremont colleges, so you definitely won’t be missing any of the “Pomona atmosphere.” The colleges are all so tight that it’s almost like a single university.</p>
<p>Ah. I’ve done overnight stays at both, and just aboslutely loved how laid back Pomona was. CMC was pretty relaxed too, but there was also a sense that partying was huge… which is what I’m not really into as I don’t drink. I’m not absolutely sure if I “love” it yet 
even if their depts are so strong. </p>
<p>Thanks for the advice guys.</p>
<p>If you knew the number, you’d likely find it depressing, but it’s not generally released because it’s hard to interpret.</p>
<p>These days even small colleges will create very large waiting lists. But a large fraction of student come off the waiting list immediately because they contact the school and let it know that they are going somewhere else. That’s why the raw number isn’t very helpful. My understanding is that the lists drop by as much a 50% almost immediately. Then it slowly shrinks over time as more and more students withdraw from the waiting list.</p>
<p>That usually still doesn’t give you very good odds. Even if Pomona’s waiting list drops to 200-300 “real” candidates after the melt, they are still only going to offer admission to 10% at best. You definitely can’t count on getting into a school of the waiting list. You need to start making other plans, and if it happens, it happens.</p>
<p>A 10% admit rate from the waitlist would be nice. It may be that the admissions climate has changed and the accepted group will melt faster than anticipated.</p>
<p>Cost sensitivity may be higher this year, preference for national universities and pre-professional education may be greater, more students may move off waitlists at schools they might prefer, and so on. </p>
<p>So, perhaps the spirits of those on the WL should be a little higher this year. </p>
<p>However, it still seems advisable to temper those hopes with a recognition that nearly everyone on the waitlist will need to accept offers already in hand and to begin shifting focus to those choices.</p>
<p>forever young - well spoken. Because of the uncertainty this year, all the selective schools created large waiting lists and they will be prepared to go to these lists more than they have in the past if they experience lower than traditional yield rates.</p>
<p>But you can’t know how this is going to play out in the individual case and it’s really not worth spending too much time on. Last year, Harvard came up unexpectedly short in its yield and dipped deep into its waiting list. That sent a repercussion through the industry and many other schools needed to tap their waiting lists to replace kids that Harvard scooped up. You just can’t know how it’s going to play out in the individual case, but the main message is – don’t place much hope on the waiting list. Make other plans.</p>
<p>As I posted in a link on another waitlist thread Pomona did not increase the number of applicants on the waistlist this year. That being said your odds, in any case, are not very good. Remember any college you go to will provide you with great opportunities.</p>
<p>I’ve not convinced that CMC is “stronger” in political science. This is one of the strongest majors at Pomona. In terms of quality, you really couldn’t differentiate between them. There is, however, a different ‘atmosphere’ of discussion within the classrooms, as CMC’s political atmosphere is towards the right.</p>
<p>In 2005, about 30 of 300 wait listers were accepted (according to a Washington Post article). Hopefully, the acceptance rate will hover around there.</p>
<p>Apparently, 16 waitlistees were accepted in 2008, 17 in 2007.</p>
<p>– WSJ, 5/21/08</p>
<p>Around when do they usually let waitlisted applicants know of admission? May?</p>
<p>I’m guessing they’ll let you know around the middle of May.</p>
<p>Although accepted students are asked to return their responses BY May 1, many mistakenly mail them by that date. As a result, the College can’t notify waitlisted applicants until after all the responses are received - sometimes a week later. So, feasibly you might not hear until mid-May. But if you ARE waitlisted and will attend if admitted, then I would strongly recommend you let Pomona know . . . out of sight, out of mind.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>My friend wanted to know if anyone found out how many were waitlisted. I saw 300 in another post somewhere but is that number waitlisted or number who stay on the waitlist?</p>
<p>I’ve been waitlisted at Pomona, as well. Worst feeling ever because it’s literally the only school I want to go to. I made the mistake of applying UC’s because that was what everyone else was doing – but now I can only see myself at a small private school, and I only have massive public schools to choose from. Pomona is my last hope (but also has always been my first choice!)</p>
<p>I sent in my “please-accept-me-because-I’m-amazing-and-I-love-you” letter today, but I feel like it just won’t cut it. </p>
<p>Going to college day at UCLA just bummed me out.</p>
<p>Damnit, I should have applied to other small liberal arts colleges. (I have application regret…)</p>