<p>Bump bump bump</p>
<p>How much of CC waitlists do you think represents all the waitlists?</p>
<p>I think it’s impossible to tell…</p>
<p>If you scan thru these threads, it has been mentioned that no one has come off the Andover WL in years. In a recent year, they underestimated their yield rate badly and then had to scramble for beds for an unexpected 10 extra admitted kids. Even if Andover did pull a few off the WL this year, the WL pool is very large and the person they pull off the list will likely be matched up in attributes with something they are lacking in the school (i.e. male tuba player from midwest state).</p>
<p>I know this sounds harsh, but it is unproductive to hold out false hope for this one. Other schools, however may have more forgiving WL outcomes.</p>
<p>It has been mentioned by people that have no proof what-so-ever. I, however, called the office and asked them…</p>
<p>@CanYouAcceptMe - well, what did the AO say?</p>
<p>I think that might have been a reference to CanYouAcceptMe’s earlier post, suggesting 5-10 off the waitlist every year. I was reading some older (2009) posts recently, which included some by a person who says that they got in off the waitlist. Realistically, if they underestimate yield this year then we are hosed. But I doubt the waitlist exists merely to torture us all. We have a small, finite chance…</p>
<p>Hey, I just bumped a thread from last year “Anyone have a waitlist story with a happy ending?”. A poster called AndoverFinally got selected off the waitlist on June 21st…</p>
<p>Analysis (for the 2 lowest admit rate schools) of the statistically small number of applicants who posted their results as of 15-March, on the <em>Official List of 2012 Acceptances</em> thread:</p>
<p>ANDOVER 14% admit (last year)
Total 33 100%
Accept 10 30%
WL 11 33%
Denied 12 36%</p>
<p>DEERFIELD 13% admit (last year)
Total 25 100%
Accept 5 20%
WL 15 60%
Denied 5 20%</p>
<p>The subset of applicants who posted their results is probably not representative of the entire applicant pool. I suspect that satisfied applicants are more likely as a whole to post their results, than the unsatisfied applicants, hence the positive skewing of the Accept numbers. Nevertheless, some conclusions can be drawn from observing the trends. The WL pools at these 2 competitive schools are very large and may be even larger than the accepted pool.</p>