<p>I called the Admissions office 2X today (once this morning and again about 15 minutes ago) and was told the following (by 2 different people): 1) the active WL is approximately 3,000 out of 6,000 WL offers, 2) all 3,000 on the active WL will receive a letter in the mail by June 1st with either an offer of admission or a rejection (both said it is possible that the letters will go out sooner but said it will definitely not be later than 6/1), 3) there will be no phone calls or emails sent to anyone on the WL in advance of the postal mailing, 4) both reps said that they are still going through the numbers and wouldn’t even offer a hint at yield or how many spots they need to fill, and 5) neither would give any indication as to whether or not the WL is “ranked” in any way. So - all that said, it seems a bit strange that they would do it this way as they really don’t have any way of knowing how many of the 3,000 active WL’ers would accept. Either it will happen differently than how they described it to me over the phone (highly possible) or they know they have many spots to fill and will be sending many offers of acceptance to the active WL’ers. I am not trying to get anyone’s hopes up as I truly have no idea what this all means. I am simply posting what I was told today and will leave it to all of you to speculate on how this may play out and how much truth may or may not be in the explanation I was given. Of course, any of you could call the Admissions office yourself to see if they will give any information different than what they told me. I’m interested in hearing your views on what I was told.</p>
<p>Fall2013WL:</p>
<p>Very, very, very interesting what you found out…</p>
<p>Observations:1) "approximately 3000 means 2000 or so, check 2) all 3000 WLs will receive letters of acceptance or rejection, check; by 6/1, check, they are regrouping and need time to prepare a whole new class of 2017 3) no phone calls nor emails sent in advance of the postal mailing, check 4) are still going through the numbers and wouldn’t even offer a hint at yield or how many spots they need to fill, check 5) WLs ranked? check (no, they will not). “It seems a bit strange that they would do it this way as they really don’t have any way of knowing how many of the 3,000 active WL’ers would accept”, check. “Either it will happen differently than how they described it to me over the phone (highly possible) or they know they have many spots to fill and will be sending many offers of acceptance to the active WL’ers.” check, thank you Fall2013WL because now I know exactly what they are planning to do…but this one I will keep to myself…</p>
<p>“now I know exactly what they are planning to do…but this one I will keep to myself…”</p>
<p>please share your prediction with us :)</p>
<p>What are they planning to do? Please share?</p>
<p>I was interested in your statistical analysis regarding FB. So I have a S at BC already with a younger sibling on the waitlist also. So I ask the Sophmore, what his Class FB page looks like- He says after 2 years only 1500 peeps on the FB page, so I dont think the Class FB friends is a good indicator. Take it for what its worth. Good luck to everyone…</p>
<p>No, I will not because most likely BC Admissions Personnel read this thread, just like we anxiously read it as well and I do not want to affect any outcome. So far, everything that I have predicted has come out true to my analysis. I will keep my last prediction to myself…I won’t even tell my daughter…All I can do say is that believe me, I am rooting for all WLs out there- you are all excellent students!! Good luck to everyone and as soon as people start receiving these letters, please let us know!!!</p>
<p>My opinion is that if BC waits until 6/1 they will lose a lot of the WL kids. I think the yield of waitlisted students eventually accepted will decrease if they wait too long to get the acceptance letter. At some point the kids will move on and start to visualize themselves at the college where they deposited their enrollment fee.</p>
<p>I agree, Eaglesmom09. The colleges are in the process of sending out the housing information, including info on selecting a roommate, etc. - so moving on.</p>
<p>I agree- I know a lot of students that put themselves on the BC wait list but have fully committed tom another school, since they did not think they would be pulled from the wait list.
Do you think heir original plan backfired? It seems that there are an unusual amount of high quality students on the wait list.</p>
<p>I am waitliested and applied to the business school- do you or anyone have an idea if they have spots to fill at the business school? I know it is very competitive to get into- any predictions??</p>
<p>I definitely think that this “June 1st mailing” thing might have just been their way of giving an answer for the sake of ending the conversation (I’m assuming they are receiving A LOT of calls from curious wait listers at this time). I know they really want to nail this whole yield thing, but I highly doubt that they would wait that long to notify literally everybody on the list. Also, usually they don’t reject kids from the wait list; people who don’t get in off the list usually just don’t hear anything… honestly I’m not sure which I would prefer. My guidance counselor also seems to think that they are going to start plucking kids from the list (which, by the way, is diminishing by the day as kids get off the wait list at their other schools- a bunch of kids removed themselves just this week at my school alone) around mid/late May. He also is pretty convinced that they’re going to be notifying kids via phone call or email rather then snail mail, but who really knows…</p>
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<p>Well, yes, BC will send out a final decision. When the class is full, you will receive a letter so stating. At that time, admissions is closed, and the WL turns into a rejection. The target date for making last offers and closing the WL has been July 1. And yes, by then, some students have become emotionally invested/committed to other schools. Others, on the other hand, are excited to receive a fat envelope in early July.</p>
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<p>In prior years, it was both, depending on the regional rep. The official policy has been snail mail, but every so often, a regional rep will call and let an applicant know that they will be receiving a letter. (Of course, that was official policy. It may change this year.)</p>
<p>Full disclosure: my D was a wait listee four years ago, and I’ll be heading back to Chestnut Hill next week for the last time.</p>
<p>Reading FALL2013WL’s reply makes it sound like BC will simply do a “one time” mailing to those on the waitlist, with a yes/no decision. I’m a little surprised to see it stated that way as that’s not typically how it works.</p>
<p>Typically, starting after May 1st, they will pick from their waitlist - selectively based on voids in their incoming class. They often will call a person and give them a short window of time to respond. If the response is no, they move onto the next person.</p>
<p>If this year BC is truly going to wait till the end of May and only do a “one time” mailing, then that likely means they’re not trying to manage a large number of waitlist openings.</p>
<p>Good point jpm50. Now that I think about it - if they had many spots to fill on the WL one would think they would start earlier to ensure they get the people they want to fill out the class. They clearly know that the longer they wait, the less likely it is that people will accept as they will be more tied to the schools that they originally selected (or may have accepted a WL offer from another school in the interim). I’m afraid you might be right and there may not be many WL’ers getting into BC this year.</p>
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<p>That is exactly how every college processes WL’s. When you think about it, they have no other choice.</p>
<p>It’s a trickle down process. HYPSM et al take a body or two off of their WL in May, which then opens a spot in a college a few spots lower, which then opens a spot in a college a few spots lower…</p>
<p>Then in June, someone(s) decides to defer from HYPSM to go do whatever in life they’d rather do for a year. Dorm space now has a vacancy, HYPSM goes back to their WL and the trickle down starts anew.</p>
<p>Empty beds results in less money. In admissions parlance, losing depositors over the summer is called ‘summer melt’.</p>
<p>But the WL process all begins with the initial yield at each college. If a college is over-enrolled on May 1, the chances of it going to its wait list are slim, unless it experiences a massive summer melt. If the college is under-enrolled on May 1, it will go to its wait list on May 2 (which BC has done in previous years). Heck, a few years ago, Emory was so short of deposits, it went to its wait list in the last week of April, and continued making offers the first week of May to meet its target number.</p>
<p>btw i have a kinda random question </p>
<p>i emailed bc admissions several times but they did not reply me back at all </p>
<p>is it something normal for bc?</p>
<p>yes, unfortunately. The basic e-mail is staffed primarily by student volunteers, and now they are on skeleton crew since it is end-of-term and finals.</p>
<p>If you have a question that is not answered on the website, just call and ask. They normally have an Admissions Counselor on-call during the day.</p>
<p>Guys, my Agora Portal has changed, but this time my “E” tab has been taken off and the “Email Services” link is no longer clickable.
Most likely this means that I did not get in, but please feel free to post about any changes made to your account as well! I’m down to tabs ACD.
Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>EDIT: It seems Email Services may just be temporarily out, for this has happened to multiple people only to find out that the link is restored a few days later.</p>
<p>Still, the time is approaching soon guys, hang tight!</p>
<p>My D just got taken off the waitlist. We found out this morning by checking her Portal status. An email followed shortly.</p>
<p>Congrats USCANDBCMOM!</p>