<p>I don’t think we really will by May 9th. I’m thinking closer to July honestly for most of us. They’ll probably start processing May 9thish, accept a few randoms by the end of May, and reject everyone else by mid June I’m thinking.</p>
<p>I don’t actually know anything, but that’s what I’m guessing.</p>
<p>^ Yes I believe so. Also, did anyone receive any kind of confirmation that you accepted your spot on the waitlist?</p>
<p>yeah I didn’t receive one either</p>
<p>feel a little nervous about that</p>
<p>don’t want to accidentally NOT accept my place on the waitlist</p>
<p>quick question, is the stanford waitlist binding? meaning do we have to go if we are taken off the waitlist?</p>
<p>^Waitlists aren’t binding, so feel free to put your name on them. Also: sorry to reduce any hopes, but I have a hunch that Stanford won’t be taking many students from its waitlist this year, since they accepted a slightly larger number than last year for RD. It is always advisable to focus most of your attention and enthusiasm at this point toward a college that has already admitted you, but that might be especially true for Stanford’s waitlist this year.</p>
<p>i don’t think they have a problem expanding their freshman class…</p>
<p>The ability to expand the freshman class is a function of available residence hall space, classroom space, and faculty/staff, among other things. At this time Stanford can’t expand the freshman class by more than a maximum of 50 students, according to a recent item in the Stanford Daily. And they admitted an extra bunch of students through RD already, some of whom will matriculate. So as I suggested above, it’s wise to put most of your focus on a college that has already admitted you, though there is no harm whatsoever in joining waitlists. Sorry to sound like a negativeion; just trying to be realistic. I wish everyone on the waitlist the best of luck.</p>
<p>Interesting stat I saw, while looking through stats, is that Stanford hasn’t really increased the size of its undergraduate class for nearly 40 years - it’s been in the low/mid 6000 since the early 70’s, gone up less than 10%. So like Zen says, there are some very finite and practical limits to ability to add more students.</p>
<p>■■■ /10char</p>
<p>Another thing to keep in mind when thinking about probabilities of coming off a waitlist is this: students on waitlists are typically unranked. What happens–assuming there remains a place in the incoming class because yield hasn’t exceeded expectations–is that when a previously-admitted student declines a place in the class, the admissions committee goes to the waitlist and selects the student with the greatest degree of significant overlap with that other student. By “significant overlap” I’m referring to things like particular artistic, athletic, or other EC talent; state or country of origin, especially when the state is underrepresented in the student body; unusual set of academic interests; and so on. In other words, they will look for the student who most closely would fill the niche vacated by the other student. Since it’s impossible to know which students will decline a place in the class, and how many of those students Stanford will even seek to replace depending on overall yield, it’s also impossible to assess any individual waitlisted student’s chances of being admitted.</p>
<p>It does seem like an awful state of limbo to be in, so I sympathize. However, there is always a chance, and surely everyone on Stanford’s waitlist will wind up attending some excellent college.</p>
<p>just for fun, what school are you guys currently planning on attending if you don’t get off Stanford’s waitlist?
Mine’s Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Berkeley /10char</p>
<p>caltech or harvey mudd. can’t decide =</p>
<p>I’m probably Michigan.</p>
<p>You guys are demonstrating the validity of my statement that you will all wind up at excellent schools even if the Stanford waitlist doesn’t come through. What a great group of colleges! So it’s going to be all good either way. Congratulations, and best of luck on your waitlist(s).</p>
<p>Vanderbilt or Rice. Anyone else headed there if they don’t come off?</p>
<p>huh, anyone else feel a little restless because they got waitlisted. It’s like im feeling I still have a chance. I also heard that they will accept more from waitlist.</p>
<p>^ I heard the opposite but yes its really anxiety inducing. Counting down the days till May 9th.</p>
<p>I’m so glad I wasn’t rejected, but in a way being waitlisted is almost worse since the chances of acceptance are so so low but you don’t get any closure :(.</p>
<p>Apparently there is a report that there was a glitch whereby some people received a confirmation when they accepted a spot on the wait list and others did not. Did anyone here received a confirmation email?</p>
<p>I got the notification.</p>
<p>^^^^^And I’m going to Brown.</p>