<p>Any word on it? </p>
<p>I just sent a new essay- think that they would consider it at all?</p>
<p>The earliest we'll know whether we can even take anyone off the waitlist at all is around mid or late May.</p>
<p>"We should also have a better sense
of whether or not we will use the waitlist by next week."</p>
<p>Thats the response I got from an admissions rep, its going to take a while even if they go to the list. I suggest we all move on.</p>
<p>All that we know is that last year nobody got off the list. This year... who knows.</p>
<p>does anyone know when we'll know if they are going to the WL? I'm getting kinda sick of checking all of my spam messages in mild desperation...</p>
<p>so any news yet? do you think they would have read the new essay i sent them?</p>
<p>Probably not considering they don't know whether they'll use the waitlist yet.</p>
<p>Hey I just talked to the Dartmouth rep, who was visiting my school today. Apparently while the admins offices is still being rather ambiguous, she says that it is clear that Dartmouth was able to reach their target class this year. She said as of now they won't use the waitlist, and if this were any other year they would not use it. Nevertheless they are still keeping it open to see if any "Trickle down" occurs with Harvard Princeton or Columbia using waitlist. My impression was that they overenrolled :-\ ugghh oh well</p>
<p>Yeah, I thought that was likely. They intentionally were even more selective this year to avoid over-enrollment because the previous two or three classes were over-enrolled, but it seems that hasn't had much success in reducing the size of the class to their target levels. I sense a major housing crunch coming up.</p>
<p>.........crap</p>
<p>Here's the official quote:</p>
<p>" At Dartmouth, Maria Laskaris, the dean of admissions, said although Dartmouth had more than enough accepted students committing, she was in a holding pattern, because it depends on what other schools do.</p>
<p>If they go deep into their wait lists, Ms. Laskaris said, theres a domino effect that has an impact on all of us. </p>
<p>This Doesn't Bode Well At All.</p>
<p>there is still hope!!</p>
<p>TheDartmouth.com</a> | Admissions yields 51 percent matriculation</p>
<p>Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss</p>
<p>Was it just me, or were there a lot of errors in that article?</p>
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Laskaris said she is happy with the strength of this year’s yield, and cited decisions to eliminate early admissions programs at Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania as factors that may have contributed to a reduced percentage of matriculating students.
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<p>I believe that UPenn had an early admissions program this year...</p>
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The Class of 2012 is the first class admitted under Laskaris’s leadership. Laskaris said was impressed by the wealth of interests and experiences the incoming class will bring.
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<p>*Laskaris said SHE was impressed...</p>
<p>Anyways, this is good news for the waitlist people. But still, 30 is a lot of students. I don't know if that many will change their mind.</p>
<p>Does anybody know where I could find information on the yield rates of other schools?</p>
<p>Right now, weve got about 30 students over our target class size, she said. Given all the wait list activity at some of our peer institutions, though, I dont think its going to be quite enough to fill the class.</p>
<p>Thats promising. Do you think the 30 kids already accounts for students who will defer for a year, etc? I find it interesting that D mouth doesnt require a deposit, wouldnt that mean alot of people could easily double apply?</p>
<p>when 30 is put into the perspective that Harvard will now be taking 200, Yale will be taking about 45, UPenn will be taking 90, and Princeton also plans to take 90, that will dramatically reshuffle 425 of the top students... for 30 of them to have accepted Dratmouth's offer is not absurd, and also, that reshuffling will probably result in another round of waitlist acceptances, as these 425 kids move schools... again, more spots will be opening up</p>
<p>Slim2None, you are operating under the assumption that the 'next' 425 students are even at the level of a Dartmouth student. They could very well be below Dartmouth's standards. Also, the students that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton choose seem to be quite different from Dartmouth students. I am not saying that there is no hope.</p>
<p>I'm in no way saying that it's a guarantee, but the fact that there are 400+ students that will be accepted to these top tier schools, there will inevitably be a significant trickle-down as students move to their preferred school. Maybe I'm just blindly optimistic about getting in off the waitlist and am formulating these scenarios to keep my hope of Dartmouth alive, but I really hope there is at least some sound logic behind them.</p>
<p>30 students. Let's hope that it wouldn't just trickle but have the sluice gate lifted :)</p>
<p>we just need a 150 people to move somewhere else :)</p>