<p>Dr. Nancie you too!</p>
<p>Finally! Heard today that a friend of my D got accepted to Governor's Academy off the WL and will attend with her. Very exciting! There is still hope for y'all.</p>
<p>thanks for posting that school searcher. It would be helpful for those who are waiting for waitlists if there could be some type of list with schools that are now reporting that they are full, versus those that might have some waitlist movement. This will help people to move on.</p>
<p>Correcting "typo":</p>
<p>Maybe 2. Its not a perfect science and believe it or not, there is a method to their madness. One might have a better chance hoping that a student will not want to return next "year". Time is up and believe returning students also have to put down a deposit for next year. It will be interesting to see if someone makes it off the Deerfield waiting list and lets us know here at CC.</p>
<p>OIC! It took me a couple times, ops, but yes, I agree. </p>
<p>One admission director at a large school came right out and said in words that are this plain: if by chance they "underadmit" this year they will fill those seats in a year with sophomore admits.</p>
<p>what about exeter? anyone hear from them??? my good friend is on the WL there.</p>
<p>D'yer, Why would a school wait for a year to fill places, rather than admit kids from the waitlist that they are maintaining? How can they afford to miss out on a year's tuition from each of the "underadmitted" spaces?</p>
<p>I can only guess. And my guess is that if they can keep 40 spaces open for sophomore year, they can keep 42 and wait to see what that pool of applicants brings them. I suspect the idea is that the record number of applications this year will be broken next year and that their pool will be all the more competitive again.</p>
<p>He didn't say that he wouldn't hit the WL at all, no matter what. If there's some absurdly low yield, he'll have to get his numbers into a reasonable range. He simply said that he has next year to fill empty slots...which -- in the terms you phrased it -- means he's looking at his decision not to fill a seat/bed with a WL applicant as a 1-year hit, not a 4-year hit. He can probably take a few of those 1-year hits...and maybe take an extra PG (just guessing here)...and not bust the budget. He's definitely not sweating out getting to a specific number by dipping into the WL. If he's sweating anything I assume it's a very high yield. </p>
<p>So if he ends up within shooting distance of the target for this year but a few seats/beds to spare, next year's applicants are as much of a back-up plan/safety net as this year's WL.</p>
<p>I see. Thanks for the explanation. I had forgotten that they can take PG students.</p>
<p>The reason it makes no sense is that the WL is supposed to be filled
with applicants they WANTED but have no room for..and in this case a low
yield means they have room-hence the wait list reason to exist..
this make absolutely no sense..I think whoever said that you have taken it out of context...thought about this a whole lot....no way..</p>
<p>ok.
but if accepted at one school and waitlisted at another -- how much of thought that you would do better at the accepted one than the wait listed?</p>
<p>i haven't heard anything from st. paul's... but it's not my number one choice</p>
<p>I asked that question (not filling up in 9th grade) to admission director and she stated that 1) there are alot of great kids who are not ready to go away in 9th grade and if they filled up then, they would not get them. They want these kids. 2) They have so much room for 9th grade. School is then "full" (ie 6 in 9th, 10 in 10th, 11th and 12th. When those in 12th leave they have 4 spots in 10th) -- thus they are not loosing any money.</p>
<p>Finally, she stated that they rarely need to take someone from the WA. They accept about 50% more than they have spots for and know by the past that that is what they need.</p>