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<p>Well Harvard might be taking off 60 - 80 people off their waitlist this year. How many are MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Yale taking off? This would affect Dartmouth waitlist right?</p>
<p>^ It certainly would. Where did you get the 60-80 number by the way? I’m not doubting you, I’m just curious.</p>
<p>[Yielding</a> strong results | Harvard Gazette Online](<a href=“http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/05/yielding-strong-results/]Yielding”>Yielding strong results – Harvard Gazette)</p>
<p>65 to 75.</p>
<p>^How many did Harvard take off last year?</p>
<p>How did you guys check to see if your updates were received? Did you just email the undergraduate admissions office? I called them today to see if they received my mailed updates, and they said it was impossible to track since waitlist updates aren’t put into the computer.</p>
<p>What do they mean they aren’t put in the computer? Where are they put then?</p>
<p>I submitted mine by email and they replied after about a week saying that they’ve added it to my file.</p>
<p>Looks like all this sending in update letters and making sure they were received was a waste guys.</p>
<p>There is a strong chance they may not take any this year, or maybe at most 5.</p>
<p>^ And how do you know that?</p>
<p>That’s my perception. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>speechie, I submitted part of my updates via snail mail, and when I asked about two weeks later they were able to confirm that it was received. I’m not sure why they weren’t able to check for you…</p>
<p>If they do decide to use wait list after taking account of the kids who are deferring a year/got off other waitlists/summer melt, etc., how many kids do you think will be able to get off waitlist?</p>
<p>restating what’s been said before but still, ugh . . . check this out: </p>
<p>[TheDartmouth.com</a> | Yield for Class of ?14 climbs to 55 percent](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2010/05/11/news/admissions]TheDartmouth.com”>http://thedartmouth.com/2010/05/11/news/admissions)</p>
<p>^ That’s depressing, that is.</p>
<p>I wish we lived in North Dakota right now:) (Not that it’d really matter, though; looks as though Dartmouth won’t be going to the wait list. Depressing, huh?)</p>
<p>I just read this online from NYTimes choice blog:</p>
<p>"Dartmouth, my alma mater, said its yield this spring was 55 percent. That is a 7 percent increase over last year — a jump so large that no applicant may be admitted from the waiting list this year, according to Maria Laskaris, the dean of admissions and financial aid. (Last year, 95 came off that list, she said.) "</p>
<p>Does this definitely mean no spots will be open at all?</p>
<p>It doesn’t mean that no one will get off the waitlist, but it will be a small number. Last year, in a somewhat similar situation where they were initially over-enrolled, Yale wound up taking 7 people off a waitlist that began at 770 people. Summer melt may open a few slots at Dartmouth, but the odds for any individual aren’t much better than zero. Most of Dartmouth’s competitors won’t be taking a lot of people off their waitlists because yields look pretty strong everywhere (though Yale and Princeton haven’t announced yet). For waitlistees, I think the best bet is to assume you won’t get in and plan on going to the school you’re already in. If Dartmouth calls in June, it will be a nice surprise.</p>
<p>I can’t shake that faint glimmer of hope…</p>
<p>No news today!?!</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>