<p>Cicero: I’m guessing its going to be about the same, which wouldn’t be bad considering the rise in facebook users. </p>
<p>If anyone sees anything about top school’s yields, please post the information and the source so we can discuss. But until then, unfortunately Ksarmand is right/ Patience. Sigh.</p>
<p>Oh, I am not that stressed. Just a little outburst of frustration. Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>@Dan92: Sorry about all those waitlists, but congrats on Penn! I assume you’re staying on all of them? I certainly hope we’re right; that’d be great for a lot of waitlistees.</p>
<p>@RedlinetoHarvard: kind of tangential, but Harvard must get tons of unqualified applicants. I’ve heard of people who applied simply to get the rejection letter. Unlike Princeton, Yale, Penn, and probably many other top schools (I didn’t look at too many applications), Harvard doesn’t require an essay on their supplement. Sorry for my cynicism, but I assume they don’t require one just so they can attract unqualified applicants to reject, thereby keeping their acceptance rates down. </p>
<p>Also, if it were really just people applying to more places, wouldn’t yields be going down (again, sorry if this makes no sense, math is not my strongest suit)?</p>
<p>I definitely agree with your last bit; I hate all those people/articles claiming schools haven’t actually gotten more selective over the past few years! If only I was a bit older. . .</p>
<p>Okay, I’m signing off! Here is the most updated list available:
Welcome! I’m putting college of matriculation in brackets. Feel free to state your own and I’ll add it.</p>
<p>If your name is in bold PLEASE come out and say hi so we can confirm that you are remaining on the waitlist! Thanks!</p>
<p>Updated with wonderful lurkers. More people should come out and join us! (94 people so far; 70 for sure-24 unknown)</p>
<p>1337pi [JHU]
2014ss
999999
Ancalagon4554 [Vanderbilt]
**Ayeeeconnie ** Not staying on?
Astrophy918 (NY)
Az1506
Beefinbj (US citizen abroad) trilingual [Mcgill]
BigBalla
Blissfulting
Boggler [TX] math, science, music [U. Penn]
Cali4me
CalPeg [U.C. Berkley]
Carolightning
Chichibi (SoCal) [UCLA]
Cicero<em>oratore (MA) physics/math [JHU]
Clamzoni</em>of_RI Well-rounded, Biochem. Tenor Voice
Daffodils
Dan92 [U. Penn]
Dee1000
Djokovik
DoleWhip [Upenn, Wharton]
DreamHigh91
Dsalazar6608 [Upenn, Wharton]
Dx1992
Fenwaylover [Duke]
Floridahopeful [Princeton]
FightTheTide11
Fluffysheep (IN) well-rounded, science [Dartmouth]
ForHarvard
Fraudulence
Gcall1090 ¶ history, psych./math. [William and Mary]
Geoindy [U. Penn]
Goodluck1 [Yale]
Goyankees1219 ¶ history
grouptheory
Guitar01 (FL)
GuitarPlayer6516 [Emory]
Gunther6456 (NJ) english and technology [WashU]
Handlebars (SoCal)
Harvardwaitlist international asian male, math/science
Harvardwannabe4 (TX)
Hillsongfan
Hobofishead (TX) [WashU]
HongLong86
HurtLocker (So. Cal) well-rounded, psych, history
Icelands0 [Columbia]
Idiosyncra3y
Iluv11alot (MD) also on Princeton’s W.L. (UMD)
ItchyTorso (Switzerland)
JenRocket
Journeverte (Texas)
KRNpro (WA) well-rounded, humanities [Cornell CAS]
KWWBoarder
Lincoln12 daughter going to NYU w/$$ unless…
Macarenaps (Peru) well rounded
Maxgoettler (Germany) [Oxford]
Meowmix0669
Mikezy (Australia)
MorganSimone (NJ)
Mrbopalop1 (WI)
Msauce
NCDanceMom not staying on? [UNC-CH]
Neapolitan
Nickwasy (MI) math/physics [U. Michigan]
Orkinman [Caltech med. Scholar to USCD med. school]
Pappa1 (NYC Suburbs)
Passiongirl
Plumazul hispanic, concert piano, chem/premed [UMD]
Pooooh intl., needs F.A. [gap yr/ community col.]
Qizixite (Northeast) mathy subject [U. Chicago]
Quince
Raving (SC)
Reach4thestars45 [Princeton]
RedlinetoHarvard [Dartmouth]
Rtgrove123
Rubin95 [Dartmouth]
Sanguinity [Middlebury]
Scull
Serendipityyy
Simplywaiting (GA)
SouthKP
Status123
Stressed23 [Northwestern]
Tharp993 (Western NY)
**TheYankInLondon ** Not staying on?
Titan10 interested in engineering [Notre Dame]
Tony1337
Tracyxxx [U. Chicago]
Verbosely [Columbia]
Vicariousparent probably sticking with Yale [Yale]
Vikroz (MI) cello, science
xxLAJxx
Zachboy</p>
<p>Colleges Attending:</p>
<p>1 Caltech
2 Columbia<br>
1 Cornell
3 Dartmouth<br>
1 Duke
1 Emory
2 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
1 Northwestern
1 Notre Dame
1 NYU
1 Oxford
5 Penn<br>
2 Princeton<br>
1 U.C. Berkley
1 UCLA
2 U. Chicago
1 UNC-CH
1 U. Michigan
2 UMD<br>
1 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 William and Mary
2 Yale</p>
<p>@iluv11alot - Thanks! Yes, I am staying on all three waitlists (I wasn’t sure if I should stay on at Princeton, but eventually decided that it couldn’t hurt), but I am definitely excited about Penn. I do think its a little unfair to say that Harvard doesn’t require a supplemental essay in order to attract unqualified applicants - it is always possible that they are just trying to make our lives easier! (Although I did submit an essay in the optional section). I personally think all of the suplements are excessive. Your second point about yield lowering as a result of students applying to more schools does make sense, although, statistically, most students will always choose Harvard over any other school.</p>
<p>On the H WL~ [U.C. Berkeley].</p>
<p>Cali4me: Roll on You Bears!</p>
<p>@dan92 Yeah, I was being rather harsh. Maybe it’s simply an unintended side effect of their trying to be nice, but ultimately I think it must do something for their yield rate.</p>
<p>I agree, the supplements are a huge pain and probably unnecessary, but at least they ensure that only students who are really interested are applying.</p>
<p>I believe what you say about students choosing Harvard, but I have a feeling that that will be changing in light of recent rankings I’ve heard cited.</p>
<p>I am on the harvard waitlist but I have accepted admission to Dartmouth</p>
<p>Going to JHU, but remaining on the waitlist…</p>
<p>It has to be tough for schools like Dartmouth, Penn and JHU. All have at least 3 people on this thread that will go to Harvard if asked. Seems like a kind of Domino effect in filling beds…HYPS finishes a class, then Dartmouth/JHU type schools fill in those openings, then the next tier, and so on. No wonder the process can go to June for some schools.</p>
<p>That’s the definition of summer melt! But I agree with you. On the other hand I feel worse for the students (us) who have a love a school enough to attend while loving Harvard enough that they would give up their other school. That is a horrible position to be in!</p>
<p>Yields continue to be strong. Stanford says highest ever at 72-73%: [Stanford</a> yield rate may be highest ever | Stanford Daily](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/05/07/stanford-yield-rate-may-be-highest-ever/]Stanford”>Stanford yield rate may be highest ever). Bowdoin is above target class size and may not take anyone from waitlist. </p>
<p>Everyone can’t go everywhere, so maybe people are going everywhere but Harvard this year.</p>
<p>That would be a miracle if somehow this year no one decides to go to Harvard. I just called the admissions office to inquire about sending in an update, and they told me that the admissions officers are already in meetings right now to discuss the wait list!</p>
<p>Thanks for the updates, guys and gals. We should be hearing about the Harvard Yield anytime now.</p>
<p>RedlinetoHarvard: there are two ways to analyze the high yields at top schools:</p>
<p>a. All the best colleges will have strong yields because of their amazing financial aid programs.</p>
<p>b. Harvard’s yield is finally going to stabilize at around the same point at Yale, Princeton, and Stanford’s yields instead of being significantly higher.</p>
<p>Hope for b., but my optimistic streak is trailing off… Still,</p>
<p>-Optimism!</p>
<p>@qizixite - It may also be that the schools are getting more sophisticated in figuring out who’s really committed to coming, and who’s using them as insurance. </p>
<p>Your point about yields evening out is interesting – if Stanford hits 73% this year, and Harvard is off a little (let us pray), they could be almost tied.</p>
<p>By the way, do you pronounce qizixite as if it were written in pinyin?</p>
<p>Coming out of lurking. WLed. Planning to go to UPenn. But hope I will lose the $400 deposit.</p>
<p>Welcome HHopeful2!</p>
<p>@RedlinetoHarvard: nope. I will admit that it is just a combination of awesome letters that rolls off the tongue (or so I think) and has nothing to do with Chinese. But still, good point!</p>
<p>A 73% yield would be nice, although my prediction is that it will be around 75%.</p>
<p>I like the 70% yield myself, then everyone here could get in!</p>