<p>kleibo, I was not aware that so many kids get put on waitlist. I thought it would be much smaller, much more selective w/a decent, if not probable, shot at getting in. Thx. for the info. At the Ivies or Ivy-like (e.g. M.I.T., thx mathmom for the stats) I can understand that very few WL get in because the yields are so high and the school size is not large. But it is hard to believe that at UM or UVA or even an ivy like Cornell with a huge student body, so few on the WL get in. So that is very discouraging, and now we have to rely on a deferral hitting the mark I suppose.</p>