Same, I have also received the same email. Seems weird and random though since this guy I know who is accepted to Princeton got rejected from the waitlist.
Maybe the guy didn’t show enough interest via a LOCI? @casewestern00
Not sure, that could possibly be one of the factors @hsc927
May be they know he accepted Princeton and rejected him to protect yield. Many students selfishly stay on Ivy waitlists even when they know they are not going to accept because either they have another Ivy or a full ride and not ready to turn that down. They just make waiting period longer for ones who are seriously interested, not clogging it for a shallow ego boost.
“May be they know he accepted Princeton and rejected him to protect yield.”
Highly Unlikely… Ivies do not do this.
In the past, Penn used extended WL after the first round of acceptance from WL.
There is not much disclosure about the number of people getting off the WL from the board. So Penn’s yield this year may be right at target, or slightly above.
Yea, it’s prob on target. Doesn’t seem like anyone new joined the FB class page after May 1st.
Does anyone have any updates yet?
It will be very hard to understand the fact that there are a lots of top kids on the waitlists in almost every top colleges this “weird” year if there are no substantial numbers of kids are off from the waitlists in (at least) some of those schools.
This year is brutal, Record number of applicants, Record low of Acceptance, Record low number acceptance from WL… For many schools
It may be a trend… Record number of International applicants…
If one thing I would like to share with 2019 applicants is ED. RD is like a lottery ticket. Fortunately, we still have UC schools with lower tuition as a backup.
So will Penn be using the waitlist at all? I feel like if there was a record yield the University would have wrote about it in the news. I don’t get why it’s so late this year.
My guess is that the class is currently filled. However, There may be some dropouts due to various reasons. (off WL of other schools, gap year etc).
I’m a little confused. When you say class is filled, does that mean the yield was right on target (for example, they expected a yield rate of 70% and 70% in fact enrolled)? Or do you mean the yield was higher and there’s no space?
yes, right at target, or slightly above. If the yield is higher, they have to find a way to accommodate the extras. Once it is done. If someone dropped out, there would be opening
Penn admits by school. It is not usual for all schools to be full. This is odd… .
The yield for class 2020 is between 68 to 69%. It dipped to 67% for 2021. so they might admit with the expectation of 67% , the actual response may be higher.
My DD is a current junior, planning on applying to Penn ED in the fall. Did all of you who applied to Penn submit two SAT subject tests? DD only has one done and she won’t be able to take her second until Oct. because she is retaking SAT in Aug.
Still @f2000sa , it’s hard to believe most of us have gotten little to no news besides the letter from Furda or the extended waitlist. Plus if the facebook group only has around 2300 members, and the past classes have all been in the 2400s I would imagine that there must be some space?
From this thread
They estimated the yield at 66%. Very conservatively. The class must be over-enrolled.
Any opening will be special situation due to dropout by committed students.
@ElCapitan33 The facebook group does not reflect the actual number, many, especially international students, do not use facebook.
Damn, I wish they could just give us some news!
@karen0 I did not take any SAT subject tests and I’m on the extended waitlist.