<p>Three students is not “quite off.” Please, D’Andrew, keep things in perspective. If a school is attempting to enroll around 190 students, 3 students is a very small number. We also don’t know how conservative the school was in estimating yield. </p>
<p>Taft has an eloquent parent on CC, so waitlisters who get in are more likely to report their success. </p>
<p>Other schools may have been surprised by their (high) yields. That would be more difficult for the schools, as they would have to find a place for the boarders to sleep.</p>
<p>Taft - was likely more conservative this year because they had an extremely high yield last year and were over enrolled. That is true of many schools. They’ve also been more generous with financial aid for middle class families relative to other schools which made them more attractive.</p>
<p>Contracts are complete for the students headed to SYA (good number this year) which may have freed up a few extra places.</p>
<p>Unfortunately CC discussion board does not represent the total pool of applicants and parents. I’m hearing from parents who lurk (i.e. the PM’s indicate zero posts) about their experiences with a number of schools and have had enough phone calls to know that the waitlist situation at several schools is not quite as brutal as I had initially thought. </p>
<p>So is the yield “a little off?” Not really. More conservative planning is a better description.</p>
<p>Taft was over enrolled last year. Lots of siblings so a very high yield. I am sure they were more conservative this year. I also know of three people who were very connected to the school and decided not to enroll and to stay at their day schools. Taft probably thought they would definitely enroll and they did not. The one’s that got in are lucky. I know of many more who were rejected or still waiting on the wait list.</p>
<p>Periwinle and Devon, I hope I didn’t offend you in any way by making that observation. It was really just an observation with no “value judgement”. I agree “conservative” is a much better word than “off”, and I agree different schools have different approaches when it comes to yield management. People on this board have reported Exeter, Choate, SAS and St. Marks sent out letters to waitlistees that they will not move to WL as enough of those admitted have made the commitment at this point. I wonder what are the other schools that take a good number from WL?</p>
<p>I’m going to have tp disagree with the fact on CRH, DAndrew. Here’s a quote from the WL update.</p>
<p>“The Admission Office will meet late Thursday, April 14th with our enrollment committee to look at the school’s full enrollment picture considering both new and returning students. An update tomorrow will help describe where we are and what to expect moving forward.”</p>
<p>So they’re still having meetings about this.</p>
<p>DAndrew, I’m not offended, but I think your original phrasing wasn’t accurate. A school’s expected yield is a “best guess.” A school could expect a certain yield, but the actual yield could be higher or lower. If the yield is higher than expected, and there wasn’t much of a cushion, a school could be overenrolled–but at this point we wouldn’t hear much about it, as they wouldn’t go to the waitlist. </p>
<p>Even if a school turns to the waitlist in early April, it could mean that they need a few targeted talents. They might need a drummer and a softball pitcher, for example.</p>
<p>another update-she got off the waitlist at choate as well and will be going there! she turned down taft, and i think she made the right decision by waiting to see if she got off the waitlist at choate.</p>