<p>i just got waitlisted by wash u and i was REALLY suprised (likely from vanderbilt ($20,000/year) and cornell)...but then i heard about how they waitlist over-qualified ppl to protect their yield. does northwestern do this too? im scared of not having options now uhghhh.</p>
<p>While I don't have the answer to this question, this seems EXTREMELY unfair and I am very curious to hear if this is actually true.</p>
<p>I hope Northwestern doesn't...Wash U is the one school I hear about that waitlists a LOT, though. I'm waitlisted from Wash U too.</p>
<p>NU does not do this nearly as much. washu is very concerned about raising its ranking, meaning it'll go to great lengths, whatever method, to do that. waitlisting people who are unlikely to come anyway is a good way for them to make sure their acceptees will come</p>
<p>NU is definitely not as extreme about waitlisting as WashU is, but the students that get accepted to both are extremely similar. I know 5 people that were accepted to both WashU and NU, and one more that was rejected from both.</p>
<p>yea NU and washu have similar applicant pools and acceptances, but washu is more prone to waitlist</p>
<p>Holy cow, I've never heard of that. And I automatically LOATHE it! No fair.</p>
<p>northwestern and wash u are different in that northwestern actually has a decent yield... so they might but not to the extent that wash u does</p>
<p>I am not sure that NU would waitlist someone overqualified. The people who run the place think they are as good as Wash U, Cornell, and the like. It would seem odd for them to waitlist 'overqualified' applications when the head people don't think there are more than qualified people.</p>
<p>Waitlisting at WashU is not actually based on qualifications but on the level of demonstrated interest. They do track it and waitlist people who have not demonstrated any or enough interest (yet qualified in terms of GPA, scores, etc).</p>
<p>In NU admissions process interest is not tracked to such an extend as in WashU. There are also less ways to demonstrate interest. For example, WashU offers a lot of merit-based scholarships (NU does not). For those scholarships WashU requires you to submit a separate application with essays, etc. Many strong candidates who don't consider WashU their first choice would not go into all the work of completing these applications - here is the signal for WashU to waitlist them.</p>
<p>No. There used to be a table matrix showing %admits vs SAT ranges on the admission parge and it shows that the students at the top test score bracket have significantly higher admit rate than others. Large fraction of them, however, pick other schools, suggesting NU accepting a lot of HYPS admits.</p>
<p>What is "HYPS" please?</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford</p>
<p>Does anybody know for sure when Northwestern informs applicant about RD status? I have read a number of threads about Wash U and wait listing. It appears that the consensus is that Wash U really overdoes it on a number of grounds. I am of the view that it is not helpful to the applicant to be waitlisted when the prospect of admission is actually slim to none. </p>
<p>Worried parent of a frustrated Wash U wait listed daughter</p>
<p>So...theoretically...if I've named Northwestern as my National Merit school (the one I choose to send my standing to), then I've displayed interest and might thereby have a better chance at getting in...or not being waitlisted?</p>
<p>Eh.</p>
<p>Lovely - Sending your NM scores to NU should really help. They are very open about seeking high scores and interested students. Good luck.</p>
<p>This is a week too late, but doesn't the financial aid office handle National Merit scholarships? I designated NW as my school as well.</p>
<p>lovelyspot- im a nat'l merit finalist and although i named Wash U as my 1st choice school, i was waitlisted (didn't visit or interview, however.)
so don't count on it...but it definitely can't hurt and i hope it works out for you!</p>
<p>Wash U also waitlisted many more students this year, because they did not want to encounter the same problem they had last year. Last year a higher percentage of students who were offered admissions accepted a spot at Wash U. Their yield was higher than it typically had been. They ended up with more freshmen students than they had rooms for, resulting with them needing to move upperclassman around.</p>
<p>I think WashU waitlisted more students in an attempt to leave themselves some flexibility to avoid last year's problem. They can offer students positions from the waitlist after they see how many acceptances they have.</p>
<p>yeah ive been waitlisted at NU...they said they would notifiy you of their final decision by june 20. is this a rolling admission or will i have to wait till then to find out for sure?</p>
<p>anyone have any idea how many ppl get waitlisted/chances of being admitted from the waitlist pool?</p>