Hey waitlisted buddies! I figured we could have this thread to discuss waitlist stuff. Considering that no one from the waitlist was taken last year, I really hope they go the waitlist this year. I’d love to go to Amherst!
good luck. the Dean says they “hope” to take about 25 students off the waitlist. But whatever happens you’ll be fine.
https://www.amherst.edu/news/amherstinthenews/node/4610
@anon145 I think that story is pretty old and does not apply to this year… It is tagged Class of 2011…
sorry everyone I had read about a waitlist but it was this one…
which is optimistic but not as definitive
: “Matthew McGann, dean of admissions and financial aid, hopes that the lower number of acceptances will prevent a similar scenario this year. “My hope is that when we get to May 1, we’ll be under our target number, and we’ll use the waitlist,” he said. There are 473 beds on the first-year quad without triples, and McGann hopes exactly that many students matriculate.”
https://amherststudent.com/article/class-of-2023-most-selective-ever
Has anyone received any news from Amherst yet?
I was admitted off the waitlist yesterday around 11 am Pacific time. The dean of admissions called me and offered me a place! I really hope other people on this thread get that call soon, too 
Congratulations!!! Are you planning on committing? Which colleges are you choosing between now?
Did you send a LOCI and anything else? I’m anxiously waiting and wondering if there is anything else I could do.
Thank you! I sent an LOCI with updates on things discussed in my application and reaffirming my interest in Amherst, but no other materials. I committed to Amherst yesterday. Previously I was committed to Western Washington University. I’m also on the waiting list at Tulane, but I’ll be removing myself from that because I believe that Amherst is where I am meant to be.
congratulations @mist99
@mist99 Congratulations! It is an amazing place. #gomammoths
Has anybody else received anything from the admissions office? Is the result for the waitlist coming out this week?
Congrats!! @mist99
I called the admissions office last week and they said that they’ll most likely close out the waitlist by the end of the month, so I think results should keep coming until at least mid-May?
My D was admitted off the waitlist yesterday morning.
Congratulations!!
Did they call or send email?
congratulations @Killerbean!
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They emailed my D and asked her to call.
@Killerbean Congratulations! Has she decided to attend?
Thank you!!!
Thank you! They gave her seven days to decide so she has until 5/13 to make her decision.
@Killerbean What did she decide?