<p>Hello CC! Anyone else in here with me? I thought it'd be good to discuss who is accepting their spot and give updates on if anyone is getting pulled from the wait list.</p>
<p>Looks like last year some did but only engineering?</p>
<p>You’re not alone baddriver. I’m waitlisted for Pratt, so I’ll have my fingers crossed for the next couple of weeks.</p>
<p>D accepted a spot on the waitlist for Pratt. Will accept one of two other offers by 4/5 (has to) while she waits.</p>
<p>Is true that there is normally about 3000 people on the wait list and they only let in 2%?
My S is wait listed but accepted at UNC. He is going to study Computer Sciece where UNC is ranked higher? All in all it doesn’t feel right to accept a spot.</p>
<p>D torn between Carolina (either math or physics) and Webb Institute. Very stressful around here. If they do get in on the waitlist - we can say no. There is really no other way to do this, it seems. My understanding is around 1,000 on the waitlist and more likely to get accepted into Pratt. If anything, I’m curious about how all of this plays out. For Thp2017…UNC does seem like the right choice. Assuming you too are in state.</p>
<p>I think I’ll be turning down my other WL offers so that I’m entirely truthful when telling Duke that they are absolutely my first choice.</p>
<p>Yes, we are already in State and I have already paid a lot of money for one of my kids to go through Duke (oldest D is a senior). I am not convinced its worth it but its hard to let go of the chance for my son to go there…</p>
<p>@ CANCmom. Your daughter has great options. I think that you allowing her to accept to schools she MIGHT attend, WHILE WAITING ON HER FIRST CHOICE IS VERY SELFISH. I understand that you don’t want to pass up a “full ride” but really…to do so at the expense of a student who may REALLY want to attend one of those two schools you are considering. </p>
<p>PLEASE… I hope you will rethink your very selfish comment … There are kids anxiously awaiting the decision to attend the schools you want to hold as a safety net. Please be considerate of all of those who are really committed…</p>
<p>Love this site - I learn from it. My understanding of the Duke waitlist letter was that they understood it was necessary to accept a spot at another school. So actually thought she had to! I will re-read it when she gets up. Three days to go. Trying to keep the learning curve small during this three-day pressure cooker. She needs to decide by 4/5. Yep. 4/5. If it were me - I’d take one school and be done with it. She’s just not as sure as I am. TRYING!! And thanks for feedback. Really.</p>
<p>My point was that if you accept a spot at another school, especially a school like Webb, you are taking a spot away from a kid that really wants to go there. If you accept at another school my feeling is you should be prepared to go there. If you commit, commit. If you really have no intention of attending the school accepting an offer is very selfish. Just saying…</p>
<p>Your point is understood. It’s just wrong. </p>
<p>Accepting an admissions offer at School #1 while remaining on the waitlist at School #2 elsewhere does NOT deny anyone a “spot” at School #1. To the contrary, the student NEEDS to accept the offer at School #1 because if she does not get off the waitlist at School #2 (which is the overwhelming likelihood), she needs to be enrolled somewhere. If School #2 comes through with a slot in May or June, then she can withdraw from School #1, forfeit any deposit, and allow School #1 to admit someone from ITS waitlist. </p>
<p>That’s where the opportunity for your other kid comes in. And if it doesn’t, well, the other kid finished behind the first kid in admissions at School #1 but presumably got in elsewhere. </p>
<p>Now, if the OP’s daughter has one of those Hermione Granger time-turners and plans to attend both schools, you can disregard the analysis above.</p>
<p>The way it works, is that is perfectly honorable and acceptable to commit to a school when on a waitlist for another. It is not like the ED commitment. All schools understand that there are waitlists and how that works. They have waitlists too. So go on ahead and join every waitlist you can, and make sure you commit to one school since none of them may pan out. If a preferred school come up with an offer from the waitlist or other info comes rolling in from other schools, then it is fine to let the school you accepted know. This is very much the way it works and the colleges are very much aware of this and expect this juggling due to wait list movement. You are not being dishonorable in the least when you accept spots on waitlists with the idea of changing your mind about where to go when a spot opens up. You will likely lose your deposit to the school to which you committed. however.</p>
<p>I agree with you Cptofthehouse!</p>
<p>Unrelated question about waitlist-- I sent an appeal letter into Admissions, and they told me an important factor in reanalyzing waitlist students would be final grades (unless this was directly at me as an individual…) But how would this work out, since they do calls in mid-May, and I don’t get final grades until the end of June?</p>
<p>does this mean we should send third quarter grades to them, or will they ask for them if they want them?</p>
<p>I just got in, and I am crying tears of joy! Today is a great day to be a Blue Devil!</p>
<p>mind telling us your race, gender, international or not, and major?
it seems like they fill seats off the waitlist by category, so that info could be useful.</p>
<p>Okay, sure thing.
I am an male Indian (Asian). I am from Florida (oos, but not sure if that matters for Duke). I have a 2140 SAT. 800 Math 2, 630 Bio M (I am not proud of that). Plenty of ECs, which I dont feel typing all of them… some of which include Swim Team and science research internships through which I have been co-authored in multiple scientific journals.</p>
<p>Phone call or email? Pratt or Trinity? Thanks!</p>
<p>Pratt and by email isn’t it? You’re Mason’s friend right?</p>