<p>definitely.</p>
<p>let’s see if our predictions were right, greenroses :D</p>
<p>The wait list is definitely being used - got the much-anticipated phone call today!</p>
<p>More info? Geographical location? Profile of niche (athlete, STEM, humanities, etc.)?</p>
<p>Southeastern city, private school, white male, 2400 SAT, “niche” is math (taking graduate courses at nearby university).</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what time of day were you called?</p>
<p>My school college counselor told me today that Princeton told him that the offers would be very small in number. Btw, I am a legacy, 2270, East coast, private boarding school,caucasian male, fluent in arabic, straight-A student with strong extra-curriculars hoping to major in Near Eastern Studies. (I am already admitted to an Ivy, so am on the wait list to please my alumnus father.)</p>
<p>The yield just announced:</p>
<p>[Breaking:</a> Yield for Class of 2017 increases to 68.7 percent - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2013/05/09/33544/]Breaking:”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2013/05/09/33544/)</p>
<p>We can assume a figure of anywhere from 0 to potentially 40 spots open for waitlist students after summer melt and gap year deferrals then, based on past summer melt statistics. I think it will be a rather conservative number of approximately 10 to 20 spots.</p>
<p>@Kestrel912 about 12:45 (during lunch at school - talk about unexpected!)</p>
<p>lol that’s so awesome haha, the princeton ug admissions committee making decisions over lunch</p>
<p>@iamcuriousbrown: ok</p>
<p>good luck to all! hope for the best but prep for the worse</p>
<p>Thanks, @manifold. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Thanks, @Kestrel912. So excited.</p>
<p>@manifold- congrats!! Do you mind sharing what you did to pursue the waitlist?</p>
<p>On the waitlist myself as well. @Greenroses, there honestly isn’t much we can do to “pursue” the waitlist. At this point it’s completely a matter of luck, even more so than regular admissions. They’re trying to fill the “holes” in their class and if you fit, lucky you!</p>
<p>@Greenroses Hadiram is probably right about this, but for what it’s worth, I sent extra materials to the math department. I don’t know whether that had any effect.</p>
<p>Anyone know when most waitlisted students are contacted? Also, if they call me and I don’t pick up (i.e. because I’m at school and my phone is on silent), what happens?</p>
<p>@mirandabeane: It seems that admissions is still in committee and waiting to see the results of summer melt. I think we will hear about our decisions anywhere from late May to mid-June in waves.</p>
<p>The same thing a friend, relative, or parent would do. Leave a voicemail, call again, call a friend of yours (in this case, the counselor is your friend), etc.</p>
<p>shout out to greenroses for getting off the WL</p>