<p>I got waitlisted. I hate how my future is now, officially, impossible to tell. Does Brown have a superb matriculation rate???</p>
<p>I got waitlisted too. I can’t decide what to do. I will be perfectly content attending Wesleyan, maybe even more content than if I attend Brown, but I just wish that I had the option right now. I’m not sure if I should stay on the list or not. 
Of course, I am extremely honored to be on the waitlist.</p>
<p>Same… I’m considering four other schools now, so I don’t really need Brown. But… I want me to decide that, not them. Originally I was decided: no waitlist. Now I’m not so sure…</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll see you at Wesleyan, though. It’s either there, Reed, UChicago or Oberlin.</p>
<p>^^^ Not being mean, but if you “don’t really need Brown,” please please PLEASE just don’t accept the waitlist offer. Brown is my #1 and I haven’t given up hope yet but I need the best odds possible…you know what I mean?</p>
<p>Look, we wouldn’t alter your chances by staying on the waitlist unless we decided that Brown was our number one. If we got in and then chose not to go, they would just choose someone else.</p>
<p>I don’t need Brown. Neither do any of us, though. I’m sure we’ve all gotten into other great schools. But I’m not actually sure that Brown isn’t my #1 - I never got to visit during the school year. And while I don’t want to stand between you and your dream school, I also don’t want to build up any barriers around myself. Like musicme said, if I got in (haha), I’d only accept if I decided it was my #1, and if that was the case I wouldn’t really feel bad for preventing someone else from getting the spot. College admissions is by nature a very selfish process.</p>
<p>Anyways, I haven’t actually decided yet.</p>
<p>I don’t know what to do. I think visiting would be a waste of money, especially with the low chance of being taken off. But I still think, maybe I WOULD be happier going there, because right now I am not really content on going to any of my schools. But I think right now, it’s just the negative energy from being rejected is ruining my opinion of my other schools.</p>
<p>If Brown has a 45% yield rate, they should be able to fill their entire class without touching the waitlist. If they have over this rate, they have a larger freshman class than they want, and if they go under, they start going to the waitlist.
The math:
2208 admits, excluding the 500 E.D. admits (I don’t remember the exact number, it was 450-500), of whom they want 1000 or so to ultimately end up at Brown. This indicates a desired 45% matriculation rate. They’re obviously being rather conservative here, and assuming a lot of overlap with other schools in which other schools will ultimately win out in attracting the admitted student, since this is 11 percentage points lower than the actual yield rate for the class of 2011. Hopefully (for those on the waitlist) they overestimated their yield rate, in which case they’ll have to go deep into the waitlist to round out the class.<br>
In any case, best of luck to all those on the waitlist, hopefully Brown will come through for you in the end.</p>
<p>I’m on the waitlist. I will probably stay on and put my deposit in at Emory.</p>
<p>im exactly with emory2013 :)</p>
<p>yeah it seems to many they placed many on the waitlist this year. Since Brown is still my #1 I will stay on the waitlist but send in my deposit probably to BC and hope for the best. Let’s hope a lot of the admits decide on other offers, as unlikely as that is.</p>
<p>Guys, sorry, I can’t figure out if I can reply online. I mean there was such an option for other schools, but do I have to send a letter to Brown telling them about my decision considering the waitlist? Or I can do it online and I’m just too dumb to find where?</p>
<p>this is a tough decision because on the one hand if you decide to take the waitlist spot, you have to follow up and write about your accomplishments at whatnot, all while preparing to go to another school. Brown is absolutely my #1, so I will take the spot, but I know I’d still be happy with #2 and won’t try to stay in the mindset of going to Brown.</p>
<p>does anyone know about what proportion of the pool was waitlisted?</p>
<p>waitlist here as well =(
got into williams and dartmouth already, though brown is still my top choice
any ideas on how many percent of the waitlist will actually get in?
and what are you guys planning to send in to the admissions committee–i heard we’re supposed to write a letter of intent and provide additional information?</p>
<p>Well one of you will be taking my spot! Brown didn’t even meet my EFC, they cost waay too much!</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ll be fine at Harvard collegebound ;)</p>
<p>I’m tentatively on the waitlist, but I’m not sure Brown is my #1, considering I’m interested in engineering (biomedical, specifically). We’ll see.</p>
<p>Since Brown doesn’t want to advertise how many people they put on the wait list this year, or at least wouldn’t say in the info sheet they mailed, does anyone on CC happen to know? Just trying to scope out the actual numbers involved in this.</p>
<p>Given the economic situation, I don’t think any accurate predictions can be made about the waitlist at any school. No one knows how good the matriculation rate will be. Three years ago, Brown took no one off the wait list. Last year, they took quite a few – too many, actually. This year, if more students decide to go to state U, they may need to take 200 off. Every interview I’ve seen with admissions officers, they say they can’t make predictions.</p>
<p>The number of students on the waitlist is irrelevant. When they take kids off the waitlist, they are looking to fill holes created by the students who declined to go. If the oboist didn’t accept, they’ll look for an oboist. Or a kid from North Dakota, a female engineer, etc. </p>
<p>I know a lot about Brown admissions, but I’ve never heard anyone say whether it is need-blind for the waitlist. I just don’t know. If it is not, then my guess is they’ll be taking full-pay kids off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was put on the waitlist and am going to hold my spot. I got into Carnegie Mellon for their design school and have already sent in my deposit. But, I’m not sure if I completely want to do design for the rest of my life. The dilemma I have is I can either go to Carnegie Mellon and not second guess my decision to go into design and have a great education. Or go to Brown and have time to think about my choices but not get the design experience I would at Carnegie.</p>
<p>just of out curiosity, can any/all of you guys log into the brown 2013 site (<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)?%5B/url%5D”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)?</a> i was waitlisted and was able to, and was wondering if that was any reflection of candidacy or if everyone could to it…?</p>