<p>So ... I applied EA - was deferred then waitlisted. Any other people in my boat?
I already sent an email (as i did for EA) expressing my continued interest. I will put down a deposit at another school, as I think we won't be notified till after May 1, but I was wondering what happens with this process.</p>
<p>@chappin11 I’m in the same boat as you! I was deferred after applying EA, and I found out I was waitlisted when my letter came a few days ago. It was the fourth place I was waitlisted at, so I’m pretty sure I won’t know where I’m going to college until May/June…</p>
<p>Anyway, the process (from what I’ve heard/read) works something like this:</p>
<p>1.) They won’t even look at the waitlist until May 1 - at the earliest. They have to see how many admitted students accept their offer of admission. If you looked at the other sheets enclosed with your admission decision, they provided a table going back a few years with the percentages of students admitted off of the waitlist at each school. While there were some outliers (one year MSB didn’t admit anyone off of the waitlist, and another year SNHS admitted 53% of students on their waitlist), it generally looks like the schools (on average) admit anywhere from 10-20% of the students on their respective waitlists.</p>
<p>2.) If Georgetown’s yield rate is lower than what they thought it was going to be - for example, only 1,400 students send in their deposit (Georgetown aims for ~1,580) - then they’ll go to the waitlists for each school. The process will start a few days after May 1. It certainly can’t hurt to show that you’re interested; if Georgetown’s your first choice and you are certain you will go there if you’re admitted, then tell them (that’s what I did). Also, I’m not sure if Georgetown’s need-blind/meeting-100%-of-need-guarantee applies to the waitlist, so if you can pay full freight, it probably wouldn’t hurt to mention that, either. However, in some cases it’s out of our control; they might decide they need more students majoring in Arabic, more students who play violin, etc. In other words, they use the waitlist to put the finishing touches on their incoming class. While we do have some influence, much of the process is out of our control.</p>
<p>3.) They’ll start making phone calls at least several days before the May 15 deadline for notification. From what I’ve read, if your application has caught the eye(s) of the Admissions Committee, you’ll get a call confirming your interest in Georgetown. If you are still interested, they’ll call you within the next day or so to verbally tell you that you’ve been admitted to the university. I also believe (if you applied for financial aid) that you will be told about your financial aid package and given a phone number to call if you want to negotiate your aid. </p>
<p>4.) If you don’t get a phone call (they do continue for at least a few days after May 15), then you can assume that you were not admitted and will eventually get a letter confirming this. However, Georgetown does have an extended waitlist on which they place a very small, select group of students. They’ll let you know about this around May 15 as well. This waitlist has a deadline of June 30. The odds of getting off of this waitlist are quite small, but it is possible.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>Same happened here. I was also waitlisted at two other schools, and only one of the schools I was accepted to is on par with Georgetown. But Georgetown is still better, and still my first choice.</p>
<p>In a thread where a current Georgetown student was answering questions, he said he was deferred EA and then waitlisted RD, and eventually accepted. He said he was probably waitlisted because he didn’t show enough interest after being deferred, and that he knows he was accepted largely due to the letter of interest he mailed after he was waitlisted.</p>
<p>I sent a third teacher recommendation after I was deferred, I guess that wasn’t enough of an indication of interest. I’m mailing my letter of interest tomorrow.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! And I’ve sent two letters of interest , one after I was deferred another this week. I really am not pleased that this process isn’t over yet.</p>
<p>I was also wait listed and plan on sending a letter of interest. Anyone know the number of people who enrolled after being offered a place?
It really sucks being wait listed, is it strange for me to think that i would have stood a chance had i applied to the school of business rather than sfs. :/</p>
<p>“It really sucks being wait listed, is it strange for me to think that i would have stood a chance had i applied to the school of business rather than sfs. :/”</p>
<p>Actually, the acceptance rate for MSB was lower than that for SFS, so don’t worry about that.</p>