I registered for the waitlist this week after I received my decision but was wondering if out-of-state students can be accepted into Bridge? And do the accepted waitlist students go into Bridge or straight to Clemson?
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Yes out-of-state students are excepted into the bridge program. But you wouldâve received a bridge letter. Waitlisted students would be directed at accepted into the into Clemson. Of course, call and verify but thatâs what I understand.
Yes, non-residents receive offers. I live in PA and my son received his bridge offer yesterday (Monday 2/18).
Iâll be notifying admissions this morning that he will not be accepting the offer. I hope the #1 waitlisted student receives a bigger envelope later this week.
Roll TD - Iâm fairly certain that waitlist is beneath bridge offers⊠there was a hierarchy somewhere on the Clemson site. So, if youâre on a waitlist, you are most likely waiting for a spot into the bridge program. You can appeal anything between bridge and denied, but youâll need something drastic to have occurred in order to skip ahead of those with Bridge offers to an acceptance offer.
I find it odd that students with bridge offers (generally all AP in HS, high GPA and SAT) only need to maintain a 2.5 their freshman year in order to continue as a Sophomore. It really feels like a guaranteed backdoor for academically successful legacy students.
Hopefully enough students decline right away (as we are doing right now) as a courtesy to those living in fear of being disowned. Unfortunately many will simply not know until April 24th when those who held on to the offers finally expire.
If you decline your spot in the Bridge program it does not go to a waitlisted student. Students on the waitlist are waiting for a spot of direct admission into Clemson. There is no waitlist for bridge at this point.
After the bridge deadline has closed I believe they might start a waitlist but that would be separate and Iâm uncertain of that.
( please forgive the typos in my post above I just noticed )
There is a waitlist for both. This is from an article published Yesterday titled âGetting in: As applicant pool grows, Clemson becomes more competitiveâ. Note that a waitlist exists for both and that in-state applicants are more likely to be on the bridge waitlist:
"Students who apply to Clemson end up in one of the following pools: accepted, invited to the Bridge, wait-listed for one of the two programs, or denied admission.
In-state students are more likely to be offered the Bridge, and out-of-state students are more likely to be placed on the Clemson wait-list.
27 percent of in-state applicants were offered the Bridge last year, Kuskowski said. ââââââSo taking the Bridge and regular admittance pool together, nearly 80 percent of in-state applicants were given some pathway to Clemson. "
There is a waitlist for the Bridge Program because I know of someone that recently received that decision from Clemson. The hard part was it said you would know by June 1st if you get off the waitlist. But the deadline for other school acceptances is May 1stâŠ
My DS got a wait list to bridge last week. Accepted to both C of C and USC. Clemson still top choice, so I guess we will wait. I am very interested if others are on bridge wait listâwe really will hear June 1? May need to go ahead and register at backup school.
How could I figure out which âwaitlistâ I am on??
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Any idea what the chances of getting in off the wait list are?
nkpeme - There will be a great many who will decline direct and bridge offers, youâll most likely have to wait for the offers to expire end of April. We received a bridge offer, but honestly view it as âdeclinedâ (we have massive legacy and feel this was a wink, wink back door legacy deal). The bridge always seemed a bit âoffâ to me. Carrying a 2.5 in Tri-County with a guaranteed entry into a competitive school is sketchy. I wish they did that at Yale. I hope you get your spot, especially if youâre from Greenville!
Curious to know your specific reasons for declining Bridge Program⊠Son was invited to Bridge and for him it seems a good way to get to his dream school. All the best.
DS received email today. He was waitlisted back in February which we thought was for direct admit, but todayâs email accepted him into Bridge Program. He has until May 2 to accept. Sadly, he wonât be going to Clemson. He has committed to another U, but had he been direct admit to Clemson, things couldâve changed. Good luck to all.
@RMSqueencat same for us. We were told her waitlist was only for regular admission and definitely not BridgeâŠwe would not have kept waiting had we known that was even a possibility. Bridge was zero interest to her/us. Iâm happy she committed to an amazing school a couple weeks ago and decided not to wait any longer!!