Has anyone heard anything from darty?
fingers crossed for all of us here !!!
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No news from Dartmouth yet. We probably have to wait till next week.
Dartmouth emailed saying class is full, but “will be making decisions on the candidacies” in terms of their waitlist as fast as they can. Not 100% sure what that means but that is the update they gave
Oh! It is so confusing to hear this. If the class is full why would they make decisions on the waitlist? I guess as the waitlist from other schools get updated, they are expecting some students to back off. I don’t know which school is really taking students off of the waitlist then?
What is confusing? In the past 3 days, Dartmouth has determined they have all their 2025 class spots full. Maybe they did this via adding some folks from waitlist in the past 3 days, maybe they nailed their yield % forecast and needed to take no one from the waitlist. So going forward, a waitlist spot will only open when someone from the class withdraws…typically cause they got off the waitlist from a school they like more than Dartmouth. Once that withdrawal happens, admissions will review if they need to fill that spot at all (maybe the class is already oversubscribed) and if so, what gaps in the class do they need to fill (e.g. gender, major, interests, etc etc). Once that profile is identified, they will contact the closest person on the waitlist to it and ask if they want to attend…which typically means eating the deposit they have put down at their current school. So in a nutshell…you are hoping the top 15 schools in the country got their yield wrong and are actively filling their class with waitlist folks and in doing so are starting to contact kids who already accepted their Dartmouth offer. It is those top 15 schools that you need to lure the Dartmouth 2025 class away.
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Hello, I was wondering if you guys think I should email my LOCI to my AO bc all I did was upload it to my portal.
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You explained it well. Hopefully T15s messed up their yield calculations!
Send it to your AO as well. I have been advised by a student from Dartmouth who got in from the waitlist last year.
is it bad that I sent it before May 3? I’m a little scared it might’ve been too early. What other tips has he/she given you? (if you don’t mind sharing)
I don’t mind sharing at all. She said that she was deferred and then waitlisted. Finally got accepted after sending 7 updates from December to June. So you can send another update. Keep in touch with your AO, which is very very important. And she told me to put your name in the subject line in Bold or whatever it takes for them to notice your name so that they will be familiar with it when they look in to the waitlist. One thing to remember though, it depends on the AO as to how many updates they would not get annoyed with.
what if my AO didn’t reply after I sent the LOCI? I’m afraid i might be too annoying if i send anything other than the LOCI. Thanks for the tips though really appreciate it. Are you also waitlisted?
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My daughter is waitlisted at Dartmouth, Columbia, Northwestern and UPenn. I don’t think they will be annoyed with just 2 updates. Many students are doing so many updates. I think it is ok to send another update.
I’m also waitlisted at Northwestern! I didn’t apply Columbia or penn though, hope your daughter gets off the waitlist! By updates, you don’t mean another LOCI, do you?
Hi! I’m also waitlisted at Penn. I’ve heard nothing from them. Have you heard anything? Will they utilize the waitlist this year?
We haven’t heard anything so far. I think they will utilize the waitlist.
Thank you! I hope you do too!
You can send another LOCI as well as an update. I think it is a good idea to do both, if you have an update.
Hey! Has anyone’s checklist on the dartmouth application portal disappeared?
yeah, checklist is gone…
What may this mean? It may be the portal astrologies again… 