<p>I just got the following email from Deerfield:</p>
<p>Dear ....,</p>
<p>With our Candidate Reply Date of April 10 behind us, I am writing you about your status on Deerfield's Wait List.</p>
<p>Although Deerfield is currently over-enrolled for September, historically we have experienced some attrition during the spring and summer months. However, it is unlikely that we will be able to make any Wait List decisions before the middle of June. Our Wait List decisions are also dependent on specific grade and gender attrition.</p>
<p>Please let me know if you wish to remain on our Wait List by replying to our Application .</p>
<p>I understand the frustration and uncertainty that a Wait List status brings, so please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have questions about the Wait List.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Patricia L. Gimbel
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid</p>
<p>What does this mean? Do I still have a chance?</p>
<p>Yes, I am full pay but they said they are over enrolled. If i waited till mid June would that mean that I would lose my spot at the school I was accepted to.</p>
<p>How are you coming up with the 10% figure? And if Deerfield’s expectation was that his chance was miniscule, they would not issue an encouraging communication, as they have done. They see attrition in the spring, and they will see more than usual this year.</p>
<p>This is the same letter they sent out last year, and as far as I know there was no movement off the wait list. I would go with a sure thing rather than continue to wait.</p>
<p>do you think that I can still wait until I hear back about the waitlist, and if I still dont get in than can still go to the back up school? By the way I am a she.</p>
<p>100’s? I do not think so. Pan is correct, while I do not think his chances are “great” they are definitely better than they would be traditionally due to reasons I think we are all aware of and I do not want to list.</p>
<p>Well, I wouldn’t put too much hope into the waitlist. I was waitlisted at Hotchkiss last year and they gave me almost the exact same notification (I was an FA candidate). Although if you are full pay it increases your chances. good luck!</p>
<p>I would call this letter “flat” rather than encouraging. Yes, historically, they may have gone to wait list. Past performance is not indicative of future… Over enrolled means people have to drop off the enrolled list before there is even a need to consider a spot. I would not give up the sure thing. However, if for some reason staying on this waitlist is an extremely desirable option, read your contract carefully as to what you commit to and when at the school that accepted you. For example, after May 1, in my D’s school, you owe the whole tuition. However, if they get someone to fill your spot (which in the past happened), they would likely give $ back (but not obligated to). I also know someone who went for the 2 weeks (or whatever minimum) in September and then left so that some $ could be returned under tuition insurance.</p>
<p>Read the contracts of DA and the school that you were accepted to very [VERY] carefully. Sometimes people put down a deposit at an accepted school, and then walks away when a wait list at a better school comes through. Schools really hate this. </p>
<p>Its risky and kind of reflects on your character. In any case,DA does not strike me as a school where there would be much movement particularly for FA candidates.</p>
<p>A parent friend of ours, whose child will attend Deerfield next year as a freshman, recently had a “life changing” event. They contacted Deerfield and were told there’s no money left because they are significantly overenrolled for FA. They were also told that FA yield was at 90% vs 70% expected this year (several schools appear to have experienced this), but later in the summer some money may free up and they would be at the top of the list.</p>
<p>The point is, if you need FA and are on the waitlist, it will be extremely unlikely you will come off the list as there are current and accepted students still in need.</p>
<p>Main Entry:
op·pro·bri·um Listen to the pronunciation of opprobrium
Pronunciation:
-brē-əm\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Latin, from opprobrare to reproach, from ob in the way of + probrum reproach; akin to Latin pro forward and to Latin ferre to carry, bring — more at ob-, for, bear
Date:
1656</p>
<p>1: something that brings disgrace2 a: public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious b: contempt, reproach</p>