<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I know somebody who said that he got off the waitlist several weeks ago and was accepted to Yale.
It says though, that Yale releases waitlist decisions in mid-May. </p>
<p>Is it possible that my friend just got notified earlier than everyone else or what?</p>
<p>oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's totally amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Did anyone else get off the waitlist as well?</p>
<p>they cant even look at the waitlist until may. they do not know how many people have enrolled. perhaps if they start getting a low turn out they might take someone off early to pull that person away from another college, but highly doubt it.</p>
<p>MAYBE your friend was deferred EA and then accepted RD and thats what he/she means. (this wouldve been about 3 weeks ago)</p>
<p>^^ what are you saying?</p>
<p>He's saying that his friend applied for Early Action (if that's possible at Yale), but was deferred (and thus entered into the regular decision applicant pool), and then accepted for the regular decision.</p>
<p>either he is referring to last year or the thing chicagoboy said
Yale didn't even start looking at the waitlist yet</p>
<p>Can't look at the waitlist until may? I have never heard of that... think about it, if they waited until May, then no one from the waitlist would be able to attend because they would have to accept from another school. If someone who got accepted to Yale got into Harvard as well, and wanted to attend Harvard, if they had any decency, they would inform Yale he/she will not attend Yale, then Yale can go to the waitlist and get this person's friend</p>
<p>PS: you guys took my question too literally, I guess that's my fault because my facial expressions don't travel through the internet lol</p>
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<li>the yale admissions tells us that they start reviewing early May (so does Harvard and the rest of the gang)</li>
<li>students deposit to their "default" school, and if they get off the waitlist, then they lose the $$$ in the event they decide to go. i think my $400 is worth it.</li>
<li>i think the waitlist people are called. one of my friend got a call while he was in school (granted, from a different university). so, i don't think 'wait, i want to see what harvard says' will work for them</li>
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<p>dudemanimcool, you don't know how waitlists work. Most schools wait after May to start looking at the waitlist. On your reply card/statement, you list whether or not you are waitlisted at any schools, and whether or not you plan to stay on. You commit to that school by May 1st, but when you are accepted off the waitlist at another school, you simply inform the school to which you sent the deposit, that you will be attending the school that accepted you from the waitlist.</p>
<p>I guess I was completely wrong... lol sorry</p>
<p>But wouldn't it make much more sense to do it the other way, without students losing their deposits? The whole college application thing is just a lucrative business it seems</p>
<p>Dude--They can't take people off the waitlist until they know how many of the people they initially accepted are going to enroll. Accepted students have until May 1 to let colleges know, so many colleges don't know until May 1 whether they need to access the waitlist or not. Some years Yale has not taken anyone off the waitlist because so many accepted students have enrolled. Other years dozens of people have come off the waitlist because not as many people chose to enroll. It would be very bad planning (like not having dorm rooms for all freshman) to start taking people off the waitlist until you know how many of the initial crop plan to enroll.</p>
<p>Also, Yale's waitlist isn't ranked. It's not like Applicant X is #1 on the waitlist and gets in once Yale has its optimal freshman class size -1. If Applicant X is a tuba player and Applicant Y, also a tuba player, decides to enroll, Applicant X's chances decrease. If Applicant Y decides to enroll elsewhere and Yale has no tuba player, then Applicant X's chances increase. Who they take off the waitlist depends on the profiles of the applicants who enroll.</p>
<p>Make sense?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the explanation. I guess I was completely unaware of this. The way Yale handles the wait list sounds like it could be to my benefit when I apply, and if I am fortunate enough to even earn a spot on the wait list, let alone get accepted EA.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard from Yale yet?</p>
<p>i have a friend that was waitlisted and she was complaining yesterday that her regional admissions counselor never responded to her e-mail.</p>
<p>Why doesn't Yale rank the waitlist...jeez. I'm dying to find out. -_-</p>
<p>Because they want to keep flexible options. Consider this: they need an oboe player and a harpist. They offer one oboe player and one harpist admission. Of the remaining applicants, only one oboe player and two harpists are viable candidates so they get placed on the WL. On paper both WL harpists appear stronger than the WL oboe player. </p>
<p>The admitted Oboe player decides to attend another school while the Harpist matriculates at Yale. Which person gets the invite off of the WL? The oboe player and the WL harpists don't.</p>
<p>Of course, I'm sure adcoms have a top group that they work with -- but they aren't constrained by having to go back rigidly follow the ranked 100s of applicants. Again, it's a subjective thing.</p>
<p>As I write,it's saturday May 3. I'm sure they are still sorting the Yes replies. Once the yield from the admits is determined, then they'll have a better understanding if any WL people can be given offers. It has happened where NO WL offers are given due to the high acceptance of those offered admission.</p>
<p>It may be geographical as well. When my son turned down Yale last year, a friend of his got off the waitlist. Both were happy with the outcome. Both guys were from the same state, went to Governor's School together and had other similar ECs.</p>