<p>Would like to know any students who were admitted that aren't accepting.</p>
<p>Fairly certain my son is not accepting, although he has not withdrawn his application yet. I would like him to attend the Phoenix Friday before he makes the final decision but, at the moment, he is nixing that plan. </p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Thanks dwhite. My d was waitlisted and since Elon is her top choice we are hoping that as admits decline, they will consider wait list applicants. Good luck to your son!</p>
<p>My daughter was admitted early action but has decided to go elsewhere. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks NCGIRL1! Good luck to your daughter! We are hoping that a spot will open up at Elon soon for ours!</p>
<p>At this point, my S is not sure if he will attend or not. Not sure why this would be of concern to you though. Obviously colleges make assumptions around the percentage of accepted students that will decline their offer.</p>
<p>^^ that…true</p>
<p>Yield: # of students who attend/# of students who are accepted…at Elon, if I had to guess, that number is around 30%?</p>
<p>Meaning…they accept ALOT more people than who accept the offer; a few people on an internet blog who decline will not kick the waitlist in…</p>
<p>Rodney
One major change that likely will negatively effect Yield this year is that the state of NC will no longer provide private universities a stipend based on the number of NC students. These funds were used to provide scholarships to NC students and often made the difference between NC students attending an excellent UNC school or Duke, Wake, or Elon. I think you can be fairly certain that a much larger percentage of in-state students did not apply or will decide not to attend the private schools this year as they adjust to the financial impact.</p>
<p>ElonMom16, Elon does have a history of taking people from the wait list. Good luck to your daughter! Make sure they know she is still very interested - it can’t hurt.</p>
<p>That’s great news, Lafalum84, she did email her admissions counselor about her continued interest in admission to Elon. Keeping our fingers crossed!</p>
<p>My daughter was waitlisted for the fall and accepted for the spring. We have a friend who says that this is typical for students that they would like to have attend, but have not visited campus. Now, my daughter thinks that if she flies down to visit (we live quite a distance away), that will help. I have told her that we can’t afford an extra trip at this point that may or may not make the difference. Are there others out there in a similar situation?</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted for spring two years ago and we had visited twice. By May, though, she had been accepted for the fall and we were thrilled!</p>
<p>I suggest that your daughter write her advisor and tell him/her that she would really like to visit, but can’t afford to. If Elon is her first choice, make sure they know that. Elon wants to see interest. My daughter contacted the school as did her high school guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Two years ago was the first year they had spring admits, so I was very wary of it for my daughter. However, now they have two years under their belt, so if she doesn’t get in for the fall, she should talk to some spring admits and see how it was for them.</p>
<p>I got into NYU which has alway been my dream school, and BU which offered 45,000 in grants. But I got an honors fellowship at Elon.
I’m still trying to decide. It’s a difficult decision to turn down schools with big names, but something tells me that I’d be wrong to write off Elon… Especially with that fellowship. I kind of danced around the question, I know, but I’m sure there are a lot of other kids where I’m at right now who feel compelled to choose recognition or location over everything unique about Elon.</p>
<p>Re: Spring Admits - “We have a friend who says that this is typical for students that they would like to have attend, but have not visited campus”. </p>
<p>I follow “things Elon” fairly well and have never heard that one.</p>
<p>But - I did have two quick reactions to your post…</p>
<p>1) I can understand applying to a school that you haven’t visited, but I can’t imagine deciding to attend a school for 4 years that you haven’t spent at least some time walking around and seeing if you are excited to call it home for what amounts to 1/5th of her young life.</p>
<p>2) “can’t afford an extra trip” - Boy do I understand that… But… Buckle Up… These years are expensive (at any school) and that “extra trip” is likely to cost the same as a few textbooks. Don’t let your daughter miss out on seeing how she fits in her own future for a price that will seem quite reasonable in the very near future.</p>