<p>An earlier post referenced the Z list (deferrals etc).</p>
<p>Are Z listers notified after the wait list or is it part of the admissions?</p>
<p>There were about 30 last year and will be 30 or so this year (they call it a zero sum game).
Mostly legacy’s etc…</p>
<p>Anyone know? are the wl numbers effected by z list?</p>
<p>IF you look earlier on in the thread we discussed the z-list and decided that since the number of people on the z-list was entirely impossible to determine, there was no point in worrying about any variation in the number of people put on the z-list and how that number affects us waitlistees. And, if you read the Crimson’s article on the z-list you will notice that the people accepted off of it last year take up spots in the class of 2014. So the size of the class should be unaffected.</p>
<p>It would probably be best not to get your hopes up for the Z-list (this was created almost entirely for unqualified legacies who need to delay the start of their education in order to have a chance at passing). They only get in because Harvard wants a stake in their parents’ will, not because they actually worked for it. If you don’t meet those basic criteria, there is a 99.999% chance you will not be Z-listed. However, you may have a shot at getting off the ordinary waitlist. All of us do.</p>
<p>Waitlisted, matriculated to Penn</p>
<p>I suspect that the waitlist is huge. Our school NEVER sends anyone to Harvard, and this year there are three waitlisted, one of whom is totally unremarkable and got rejected from all but one school. Go figure.</p>
<p>I’m waitlisted and committed to Princeton although Yale accepted me yesterday… this is a conundrum. I wish I just knew about Harvard so I could figure out what to do about Yale since I have to reply by the 19th. Crisis</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!</p>
<p>Soccerspaz–</p>
<p>You can accept Yale’s offer, and then if Harvard offers you, accept Harvard’s offer.</p>
<p>You just can’t accept Yale’s offer and then go back to Princeton later on.</p>
<p>Stick with Princeton…I like it better.</p>
<p>Well, I assume the Crimson article about yield will be out tomorrow since the last two years the article has come out on May 8th and Monday is the first weekday after that.</p>
<p>Yeah let’s hope so…the wait is killing me, considering that I was expecting an article yesterday.</p>
<p>Or the day before that.</p>
<p>Hmmm, it appears that Washington U. is NOT going to use their waitlist at all … what could that mean for us? …</p>
<p>Interesting Plumazul. I don’t think anything can be inferred from Wash U. not taking any people off the waitlist. But it is good to know that colleges are starting to be happy with the people in their class of 2014. It implies that soon Harvard will reveal what is going on with the waitlist. Hope for tomorrow!</p>
<p>i’m hearing so many people getting off of yales waitlist…not to be the downer, that really can’t be good news for harvard waitlisters though can it? as there is so much overlap between those two… :/</p>
<p>I think what shows from schools like Yale and Princeton taking off their waitlists is that yield is down at many top top places. This is probably due to the fact that although the amount of applicants has stayed consistent, the number of applications has risen, which means yield must go down, even at places like HYP. I don’t know how Wash U got their yield so high (other than my matriculation), but great for them, although it probably has no bearing on Harvard.</p>
<p>Hey everyone,
my daughter is also waitlisted at Harvard. matriculating at UC Berkeley :]</p>
<p>I shall also be attending UC Berkeley. I think that makes 4 of us?</p>
<p>I think JHU is up to 4 or 5 now too.</p>
<p>Can I just nitpick something? A school not pulling from its waitlist does not mean that their yield is higher than a school that is pulling from its waitlist. It does not necessarily even mean it has a high yield at all, just a higher yield than it was expecting to have.</p>
<p>A lot of schools anticipated lower yields this year, so admitted more students to compensate. I don’t know if WashU was one of them, but if they were, they could actually have a worse yield than last year, and still not pull from the waitlist.</p>
<p>If Yale and Princeton have lower yields, it either means that smaller schools did well against HYPS this year, or Harvard and Stanford (relatively to other years) kicked their butts. Stanford had a reasonably high yield this year, so I’m going to lean towards the latter. If schools that cross-admitted with Harvard have lower yields, than Harvard is probably going to have a higher yield.</p>
<p>By the way, I’m on the list of waitlistees on this thread and matriculating at Yale. I will likely matriculate at Yale either way, though, and didn’t send any supplementary material. Truthfully, my parents insist I stay on to see if I can get in.</p>
<p>I thought I would post an update since everyone seems to be wondering. All I can say is that we as a group are really impressive (hope that didn’t sound arrogant).</p>
<p>Welcome! I’m putting college of matriculation in brackets. Please 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! (106 people so far; 84 for sure-22 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 [U.C. Berkley]
CalPeg [U.C. Berkley]
Carolightning
Chichibi (SoCal) [UCLA]
Cicero<em>oratore (MA) physics/math [JHU]
Clamzoni</em>of_RI Well-rounded, Biochem. Tenor Voice
Courteau91
Daffodils
Dan92 [U. Penn or Yale] put down for Yale
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) [U.C. Berkeley]
Harvardwaitlist international asian male, math/science
Harvardwannabe4 (TX)
Hhopeful2 [U. Penn]
Hillsongfan [Yale] Probably going to stick with Yale
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)
Jaylay [JHU]
JBK151 [Stanford]
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) [Princeton]
Mrbopalop1 (WI)
Msauce [Yale]
Navanna [U. Penn]
NCDanceMom not staying on? [UNC-CH]
NYPrepster
Neapolitan
Nickwasy (MI) math/physics [U. Michigan]
Orkinman [Caltech med. Scholar to USCD med. School]
Otsuns [U.C. Berkeley]
Pappa1 (NYC Suburbs) [JHU]
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
Sdedalus
Serendipityyy [Yale]
SeriasB (Florida) [Yale]
Simplywaiting (GA)
Soccerspaz1245 [Princeton or Yale]
SouthKP
Status123
Stressed23 [Northwestern]
Tharp993 (Western NY) [Stanford]
**TheYankInLondon ** Not staying on?
Tibet000000 [Dartmouth]
Titan10 – interested in engineering [Notre Dame]
Tony1337
Tracyxxx [U. Chicago]
Verbosely [Columbia]
Vicariousparent probably sticking with Yale [Yale]
Vikroz (MI) cello, science
xxLAJxx
Ynd1234 [Harvey Mudd]
Zachboy</p>
<p>Colleges Attending (55 responses / 84 active waitlistees):</p>
<p>1 Caltech
2 Columbia
1 Cornell
4 Dartmouth
1 Duke
1 Emory
1 Harvey Mudd
4 JHU
1 Mcgill
1 Middlebury
1 Northwestern
1 Notre Dame
1 NYU
1 Oxford
6 Penn
3 Princeton
2 Stanford
4 U.C. Berkley
1 UCLA
2 U. Chicago
1 UNC-CH
1 U. Michigan
2 UMD
1 Vanderbilt
2 Wash U
1 William and Mary
8 Yale</p>