Hi,
My Son only applied to SCS and is offered priority wait list. I cannot find relevant information in the common data on this.
a) In the past how many students are offered a spot off the priority wait list? Any stats?
b) Do we need to send any additional letter indicating your interest to them or just sit back and wait?
Thanks
Ditto.
I got waitlisted to CMU as well for SCS. According to their website: “Historically, we were able to admit around 50 students from the Waiting List.” (https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/the-waiting-list-frequently-asked-questions). That being said, the chances aren’t great (it goes from less than 1% a year to 4% of the waitlist, I believe).
Of course, you aren’t obligated to send an additional letter in, but I think I will because it was my top choice.
I got waitlisted to CMU as well for SCS. According to their website: “Historically, we were able to admit around 50 students from the Waiting List.” (https://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/the-waiting-list-frequently-asked-questions). That being said, the chances aren’t great (it goes from less than 1% a year to 4% of the waitlist, I believe).
Of course, you aren’t obligated to send an additional letter in, but I think I will because it was my top choice.
But the link you have is for the whole university, is that not the case? I do not see it broken down to college like SCS? Because SCS is so competitive, I am not sure if there will be any movement on the waitlist.
Hi. Just want to provide some information on the SCS waitlist stats. Last year, 50% of SCS enrollment came from ED admits. The school expected to enroll 190 students. But 205 admitted students decided to enroll. It’s safe to say no students came off waitlist last year. In addition, the SCS program is extremely challenging. About 10% SCS students will not be able to graduate with a CS degree. Hope you have gained acceptance to other colleges for CS.
Just curious how this “priority wait list” works. Is it a binding decision like ED?
@MOMOIW . My understanding it is not binding. If you read the FAQ they say you have the option of accepting the offer.
Like @PrimeNumber2 said, this might all be moot point.
anyone know how bad waitlist chances are for other departments (specifically DC)?
Almost impossible to get in off the waitlist. Check out the last 3 year’s on CMU’s common data set. Less than 7 students each year were admitted off waitlist.
what bugs me about the CDS is on their site they say they take an average of 50 kids off PWL. so not sure if the CDS is only regular WL or if thats all considered.
It shouldn’t be all that surprising that CMU takes so few students from the PWL. From what I hear, they have some pretty good predictive analytics programs.
It seems like they are very, very good at predicting their yield from the students they admit (maybe even better than the stats suggest). I would guess that a school would prefer to pull a small number of students from the PWL rather than have a higher than anticipated yield that causes issues with housing availability and class size.
I am not sure on how good their analytics program is. The confusing part is the CDS does not mention if the data refers to PWL or WL. Also they seem to offer over 5,000+ students to be on WL. That is super high number if they had a great yield software and historically they only took so few off the list. So why bother to have so many on WL?
More importantly since they admit by college (eg SCS) that WL/PWL data is never disclosed. So it is hard to tell. But I personally took @PrimeNumber2’s advice to heart and moved on to focus on his other opportunities.
Like many businesses, information on websites become stale. The average waitlist admit rate appears based on data from 2012 through 2014.
My son just received an email for Priority Wait list to write an essay by midnight May 3rd and they will make a decision by later in the day May 4. It said there is space available in the School of Computer Science.
Did everyone receive that email?
I am assuming thousands of people received it…
i got that email for Dietrich college of arts and sciences. i also think many people received it, but i think many people have committed to a school they are happy with and will decline, and many people will honestly not even see the email.
I wouldn’t count on it. I was on like 6-8 waitlists and didn’t get into any. My year and the year before that, no one got off the priority waitlist. Last year, i think CMU overadmitted (so no one got off i’m guessing).
they purposely admitted 500 less this year in order to go to the WL, and for everyone who got the essay email, it meant there were definite spots left in their department - there were people who applied to several departments who simply got an email saying space was full.
I think you should also consider the fact that they might also have expected a greater yield percentage, so more people accepting the offer of admission. This could also be why many top schools have admitted less students this year.
I bet 1000’s got the email to submit an essay prompt for less than 5 or 10 slots @ SCS. Why miss a chance to get rejected again on May 4th.