For waitlisted people

Colleges and Universities A-Z Mount Holyoke College
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<p>Hey, everybody.</p>

<p>I was waitlisted and looking at statistics of their wait list options. (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=872312&postcount=359%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=872312&postcount=359&lt;/a> ) shows the stats from 1999-2004 and I added 2005's stats.</p>

<p>This makes me wonder if, given that zero waitlisted kids were admitted last year compared to 52, 33, 49, etc admitted women the years before, I/you/we have a chance at all this year. I don't know if they have a better idea of yield this year or it really is that
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This year our applicant pool was the largest, most highly qualified, and most diverse group in the College’s history. Admission to Mount Holyoke has never been more competitive.

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<p>Looking at the numbers are depressing me...but I think I'm going to write Ms. Okay an email and ask her about the wait list option and when the door slams shut for waitlisted students... </p>

<p>Mount Holyoke College </p>

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<p>Mount Holyoke College Posts the Common Data Set: <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/en...strch/cds.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/en...strch/cds.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Fall 2005
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 334
Number of accepting a place on the waiting list 188
Number of wait-listed students admitted 0
Total Class Size 504
0% of Class came from the wait list.</p>

<p>Fall 2004
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 264
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 158
Number of wait-listed students admitted 52
Total Class Size 572
9.1 % of Class came from the wait list.
Link to Facts & Class Profile <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/about/facts.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/about/facts.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Fall 2003
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 436
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 157
Number of wait-listed students admitted 33
Total Class Size 518
6.4 % of Class came from the wait list.
Link to a Class Profile <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/adm/center/classprofile.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mtholyoke.edu/adm/center/classprofile.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Fall 2002
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 458
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 278
Number of wait-listed students admitted 26
Total Class Size 582
4.5 % of Class came from the wait list.</p>

<p>Fall 2001
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 336
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 187
Number of wait-listed students admitted 49
Total Class Size 506
9.7 % of Class came from the wait list.</p>

<p>Fall 2000
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 288
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 174
Number of wait-listed students admitted 18
Total Class Size 538
3.3 % of Class came from the wait list.</p>

<p>Fall 1999
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 208
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 144
Number of wait-listed students admitted 26
Total Class Size 563
4.6 % of Class came from the wait list.</p>

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<p>Two years ago, a friend of mine was able to get off the Mount Holyoke waitlist with some help from her counselor. :) (Of course, in the end she decided to go to another school...)</p>

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<p>I just saw this, thought it was interesting, and decided to bump!</p>

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<p>I read online that this year is the biggest in terms of applicants per school. And that the recession has pushed students to apply to more than the usual 6 to 8 schools, hoping to get better FA's. If true, won't this translate into bigger possibilities for the wait-listed?</p>

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<p>Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)<br>
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes
If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2006 admissions:<br>
Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list 346
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 203
Number of wait-listed students admitted 5<br>
Is your waiting list ranked? No<br>
If yes, do you release that information to students?<br>
Do you release that information to school counselors?</p>