<p>The number of WL candidates admitted to the class to which they applied. The number of Z offers is usually the same every year. Not all Z's are legacies. I am a Z and I know many other Z's and the majority of the ones that I know aren't Z's. Just keep hanging in there!</p>
<p>umm...what exactly is a Z?</p>
<p>Z = admitted to the class graduating one year later than to the one you applied, so it would be like you being admitted to the Class of 2012.</p>
<p>"Z = admitted to the class graduating one year later than to the one you applied, so it would be like you being admitted to the Class of 2012."</p>
<p>how is this possible?</p>
<p>the offer requires that you take a gap year, so that you enter with students who apply normally for entrance in Fall 2008. Harvard suggests a gap year to all of its admitted students, and having done it, I can tell you that it has undoubtedly changed my life and prepared me more for Harvard than I can imagine. Others who have taken a gap year will pretty much tell you the same thing.</p>
<p>I agree, having known a few kids who did gap years. (For Harvard and elsewhere.)</p>