Colleges don't waitlist anymore?

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<p>I read here on CC about "deferment"......is that what we used to call a waitlist? (in the prehistoric 70's)</p>

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<p>Waitlisting is for final decisions, dke.</p>

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<p>You get deferred from early applications, waitlisted from regular decisions. I suppose you could be deferred early, go into the RD pool, then be waitlisted.</p>

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<p>Can you imagine being deferred, waitlisted and then accepted? Wasn't there someone on TheDad's thread who had been through that?</p>

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<p>Outcomes for early decision/action: accepted, rejected, or deferred to regular decision</p>

<p>Outcomes for regular decision: accepted, rejected, or waitlisted</p>