<p>how strange… maybe she found a cure to cancer on march 11th? lucky girl.</p>
<p>I’m skeptical about a rejected student getting accepted in the same cycle. At my alma mater, knowing what I know about them. Me thinks there is something missing in this story or someone donated a building in exchange for the reversal.</p>
<p>I don’t know this girl, so I don’t know if she played dirty, but I’m pretty sure she didn’t. My friend told me that she contacted coaches as well as the AOs and they had a change of heart. I’m not here to make up any stories…just to share what I’ve heard</p>
<p>Deerfield wait list… UGH</p>
<p>Interesting. And no harm no foul. I trust you’re telling what you know. I just worry about the students and parents who will start bombarding AO’s with phone calls citing it as an example.</p>
<p>I’m just curious, if an applicant is waitlisted at more than one school, does he/she have the option of staying on the waitlist at more than one school or will they have to choose to stay on one?</p>
<p>yongatilla - You absolutely do not have to choose! Stay on the list for all schools you’re interested in!</p>
<p>I know someone who was waitlisted at Loomis Chaffee in 2010, and needed a large amount of FA. During the summer, they called and offered an amount that was much smaller than she needed, so she had to decline their offer. My child is in a similar situation and hoping for a better outcome.</p>
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<p>She definitely got the last laugh, didn’t she? That’s a happy ending right there :/)</p>
<p>Hi, sorry for the late reply. My son did not send any supplemental materials. He did not apply for FA, but I really don’t think that’s an issue there.</p>
<p>Hootoo, that seemed cruel to say that. It’s devastating for some of these students to get an acceptance, or get off waitlist after a long nerve wracking summer, then have to turn it down because the FA is not enough. Empathy is needed here. Declining an offer is not a happy ending if you have to start from scratch the next year.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything about movement on PEA’s waitlist?</p>
<p>Haven’t heard anything, and based on what has been posted on this forum, I’d be pretty surprised if anything happens until until much closer to April 10th. Exeter’s revisit days (Experience Exeter) are this week, and I expect the Admissions Office is pretty busy with those.</p>
<p>@PS: No, but it’s too early. Mid-late next week will be the earliest as people get past the earlier revisit days and make decisions.</p>
<p>Yes, Deerfield Academy, last year sophomore. That call came around March 7th or 8th last year. Strong grades, high 80% SSAT. That said applications were up 40% this year so last year may not be a good comparable. Hang in there but accept somewhere if you can.</p>
<p>Your call was in March? Days before the acceptance letters were mailed? Or did you mean June?</p>
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<p>So should one plunk down a deposit tomorrow in a gambling state of mind… hoping that a WL comes through but at least having a good second choice to attend. This is an expensive proposition…</p>
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Seriously wondering</p>
<p>What she means is accept an offer if yoy have one because the chances of coming off of a waitlist are so slim. </p>
<p>The only way that you would lose money is if you commit to a school tomorrow and remain on another’s waitlist, get called off the waitlist, and renege on the original school’s contract. Then you would give up your deposit. For some people, I guess they love the wl school enough for it to be worth the lost deposit. Personally, I wouldn’t allow my child to stay on a wl once committed to another school - not for financial reasons, but for personal reasons.</p>
<p>mamakiwi, I just checked the master list, and your son has some excellent non-WL options! And better weather than up here in New England. Good luck with the choice.</p>
<p>mamakiwi - I want your son’s spot at Asheville if he decides not to take it. Not for my kid . . . for ME!!! Spelunking is just so cool!!! :)</p>