<p>Anyone know how many students get off Dartmouth's waitlist and are accepted? How are the ranked?</p>
<p>The typical Dartmouth waitlist to accept ratio is about 700 students offered admission for every 1200 on the waitlist.</p>
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<p>As someone who was on Dartmouth’s W/L, I don’t think that’s accurate. What you may be quoting is for the 1,200 who are wait-listed, 700 choose to remain on the W/L (not 700 accepted from the W/L). In my year, for example, only 10 were accepted off of the W/L.</p>
<p>According to the Common Data Set, in Dartmouth’s class of 2012 there were 41 students admitted from the wait list. Last year was a pretty atypical year for waitlists from what I hear, so that number may well be higher than average.</p>
<p>Not to unnecessarily raise people’s hopes, but I believe that this year will see a drop in yield, so more will get off the wait list.</p>
<p>My theory is that because of financial reasons, less people are going to be able to visit campus than ever. And in my opinion, the yield rate is significantly higher for those who visit it. Dimensions is the reason that many students come here instead of other peer schools.</p>
<p>Hi, I was a waitlisted student last year who got off the list and am now attending Dartmouth. First and foremost, it was perhaps the most stressful, disillusioning and all around not fun experience I’ve had. Dartmouth was my first choice and I really sacrificed by second semester of high school and pushed non-stop to try and get in. The one thing I regret is worrying so much about it, yes I love this school but in retrospect there was a lot of unnecessary stress.</p>
<p>Last year was a strange year and it actually helped me and my fellow waitlistees. Harvard and Princeton had just stopped ED and so there was a lot of cross acceptances and flipflopping amongst the IVY league and peer schools. That period from April to June was absolutely ridiculous and I found myself constantly seeing if other schools had lifted a large amount of waitlisted students (with the hope that they would move Dartmouth students to them). The deal breaker was the fact that Harvard ended up accepting over 200 students off the waitlist. That was unheard of, and in turn Princeton moved 50 and there was a general trickle down effect. 40 kids were taken off the Dartmouth waitlist that year ( I know a good handful of them-all bright kids), which was extremely high. </p>
<p>Going into the waitlist process, I thought that I had full control over the process. That with some recs and constant interaction, I could place myself high on the waitlisted list. I did the following: 1) Had a rec from a professor, college counselor, and Dartmouth Alumni Interviewer 2) Face to face talk with a Dartmouth admissions officer who was visiting for the '13 3) Update letter</p>
<p>The truth is, the process is out of your hands. After 3 months of nothing (and there was previous movement to me, so it was quite sad to hear other people get in off the wl and not me), I settled on another college. I went to the pre-frosh day, got super stoked and by graduation I had put Dartmouth behind me and fully intended on attending this other school. Then, a week or so after my graduation (so weird) I get a call that I was accepted. This was literally in June, so you can imagine how surprising this was. I am extremely happy with happy, and there was a fair amount of luck involved. The way things played out that year, I was able to squeeze in. Again, any other year, I doubt I would be a '12. </p>
<p>I don’t want to tell you this story to scare you. Its ok to have hope if Dartmouth is your absolute 1st choice. But know, that the chances ARE SLIM. I kept hearing this, and I ignored it, which lead to high expectations. I have heard that there may not be a ranking system, but rather they take people off the waitlist who fill the spot of someone who declined Dartmouth. For example, the a star trumpet player may be filled by another trumpet player from the wl. </p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck. Send an update letter, and maybe an extra rec. The one thing I advise though is that you look at your choices and really get excited about one of them. College is what you make of it. There are kids here who don’t take advantage of the oppertunities, and there are kids at “lesser schools” (I actually don’t believe that any school is really worse then another) that are doing amazing things. But, who is to know what will happen with the economic situation? Don’t stress over this process. PM me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Knickknackpatty, did the visiting Dartmouth Admissions Officer for the class of '13 demystify any parts of the wait list process? It’s all so hazy to me, I question whether or not they accept students by any set standards. Also, are you saying that the more noise you make does not equal a higher chance of getting in?</p>
<p>After some data mining on Naviance, Dartmouth came off as one of the three schools that sends out lots of waitlist, and takes none. Bushnell and Washington U were the other offenders. </p>
<p>For example, at D’s school using 4 years of data, 86 student applied to Dartmouth, 10 were accepted, and 20 were put accepted/wait list. ZERO moved from weight list to metriculated. I.E. wait list is a cruel scam.</p>
<p>Washington U at St. Louis was worse. 83 applications, 11 accepted and 31 waitlist from which zero were matriculated. </p>
<p>Other schools really do take students off of wait lists. Check your Naviance data to seperate the Cruel from the likely.</p>
<p>D is very excited about W&M --will not wait for Dartmouth. Don’t think there is much chance to get off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I checked my school’s Naviance, and I am the only one to be waitlisted at Dartmouth from my school. I don’t have any way to predict how this might turn out. The people who apply from my school either get in or don’t. I am excited to see. Good luck, undecided2009.</p>
<p>Maria Laskaris, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid is expecting a larger yeild this year, which means that it could be harder to get off of the waitlist than previous years.</p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com</a> | Fin. aid may play a larger role in student decisions](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2009/04/16/news/finaid/]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2009/04/16/news/finaid/)</p>