<p>Here’s some good news for the Princeton WLers, all 4 of the multiple Ivy cross admits we’ve all been reading so much about have chosen Yale over Princeton!</p>
<p>the wait is agonizing. should i send another email in?</p>
<p>Do officer even pay attention to updates. Do they even put it into ur file? Do they matter?</p>
<p>"the wait is agonizing. should i send another email in? " no. There is nothing you can rationally do except accept that PTon will not accept you off the WL. The no. of admits they make is based around the idea to completely go to fill the # of open slots for the FR class. If by chance, more people decline PTon’s offer, then and only then, will they touch the WL. They EXPECT ZERO. You should as well.</p>
<p>Freshman wait-listed students</p>
<p>2013-14</p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list: 1395
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 906
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 33</p>
<p>2012-13</p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list: 1472
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 988
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 0</p>
<p>2011-12</p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list: 1248
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 869
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 19</p>
<p>2010-11</p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list: 1451
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 1002
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 164</p>
<p>2009-10</p>
<p>Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list: 1332
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 937
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 60</p>
<p>I called princeton. They said they are using the waitlist. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone</p>
<p>I don’t think it hurts to send in an update, but only if there’s an update.</p>
<p>And good luck to everyone! </p>
<p>It looks as though only a couple students may be accepted off the wait list based on this article:</p>
<p><a href=“http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/05/breaking-yield-for-class-of-2018-decreases-slightly-to-67-6-percent/”>http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/05/breaking-yield-for-class-of-2018-decreases-slightly-to-67-6-percent/</a></p>
<p>If the University was targeting 1308 students and 1306 had matriculated as of Thurs, then it is likely that they will go to the wait list for very few students. </p>
<p>if they call and you don’t pick up what happens? also does anyone know how many people accepted a spot on the wait list </p>
<p>that means they should be calling around 50 students or so to account for summer melt right?</p>
<p>I just did the math. They will accept around 54 students this year out of a wait list of 741. This is a 7.29 acceptance rate. Last year as of may first they enrolled 21 students more and they took 33 off the wait list. Therefore this year they should take 54 off the wait list. Finally, using the yield of the wait list (off last year-906/1395) we can get that approximately 741 students will elect to remain on the wait list this year. </p>
<p>What do you guys think. The wait list acceptance rate is almost exactly the overall rate which makes sense, kind of.</p>
<p>Bkt132 - they will try to call again and then send a letter in the post.</p>
<p>Hey guys, just thought I’d like to help out some cc’ers, since this board helped me out a lot last year. I got in off the waitlist around the third week of May, and they started taking people off the list around the 7th. Be sure to send in an updatr, or if you don’t have one, a letter expressing your interest. Sending in a letter will “bring your file” up in the pool of 700 or 800 waitlistees, and let them know that you will definitely come if accepted, if that’s the case- they do not want to admit kids who will turn down the offer- that’ll make it that much harder to fill up the class. If you really want it, send in a letter. If you don’t hear from them in three weeks or so, send another (what I did). Send it in early, like now, and don’t wait because the waitlist action drops off in early june. Your best chance is during the month of may. Good luck, guys, I’ve got my fingers crossed for all of you!:)</p>
<p>What did ur second letter say different than ur first letter. What did u put in it to convince them u really wanted to go</p>
<p>Thank you Greenroses! It is really lovely of you to help us out <3</p>
<p>In regards to letters/updates, can anyone guess how many people from the 700-800 wait listed candidates will send one? I know it is almost impossible to know; I am just curious.</p>
<p>I only know that anyone who is really serious about wanting to come will send a letter. To give you an idea though, you should check out last year’s thread and see how many views that thread got in total- I think there’s upwards of a thousand, so we know a lot of people know to send a letter to improve their chances.
I do think Spulding is right about how many wait list offers there will be- my guess would be about 50, since 30 of the classof 2018 will defer to do bridge year, and ten or so more will get into other schools that waitlisted them and matriculate elsewhere, and Princeton will accept a few more knowing that some may turn down waitlist offers.
Best of luck, guys!</p>
<p>When should we hear from the waiting list. And had anyone heard yet</p>
<p>As far as I can gather from last year’s thread, there is some tendency for admission officers to call on Wednesdays. This is not definite; somebody correct me if I am wrong 
I agree with Greenroses that our best chances for acceptance are in May, but there is still a little hope in June.</p>
<p>From The Daily Princetonian article where they corrected that the yoeld went UP …"In addition, Rapelye said that she predicted that approximately 30 students will be taken off the waitlist this year sometime between now and the end of June. She added that the Office of Admission does not know the specific date they will make these decisions.</p>
<p>The University took 33 students off of the waitlist last year, but any number of students from zero to 124 have been taken off in the past five years."</p>