<p>After seeing the charts from a study Byerly posted, I'm feeling very skeptical about all you guys who got waitlisted at a school like Harvard but rejected from "easier" schools. One of the charts showed how, at Princeton, the admit rate was about double for students who had an SAT around the 93rd percentile than it was for students around the 98th percentile. This was supposedly because they figured the students around the 98th percentile would desire other schools and did not admit them because they wanted to curb their matriculation rates. I'm not sure how much this really happens, but it is an explanation for those of us who got waitlisted at harvard but rejected from schools like Pton (as I did).</p>
<p>The SAT scores, however, may be taken out of context. Those students with scores around the 93rd percentile may simply have done things that were more outstanding than those students with scores around the 98th percentile, as scores are not the only determining factor in admissions. However, as a fellow rejected Princeton applicant, I wish you were right.</p>
<p>Only two people from my school applied. One was deferred/rejected; I was waitlisted.</p>
<p>would ppl taken off the waitlist get any finaid?</p>
<p>I just got an email from Harvard, and the lady said that several hundred people were put onto the waitlist and that in recent years between 0 and 30 people have been accepted. So, prospects are very slim.</p>
<p>I don't see why not, phantom</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at Harvard too and I am an early action applicant... was in a kind of sad, depressive mood, but the subsequently big envelopes to Yale and Princeton cushioned the pain. lol The singing bulldog was especially cute.</p>
<p>i'm want to get off the waitlist soooooooooo bad
i got rejected from my other top choices =/</p>
<p>anyway...where are you waitlisted going?</p>
<p>I'll be going to Columbia.</p>
<p>My best friend at school is on waitlist at Harvard. Harvard informs that there are approximately two hundred on the waitlist. The school counselor says it is directly a function of the yield (like Byerly explained) My question is how does financial aid work for waitlist students?</p>
<p>Do waitlist candidates get good financial aid?</p>
<p>"approximately two hundred"</p>
<p>Did you call? I'm surprised they revealed a number to you! They declined to tell me anything more specific than "several hundred." How sure are you?</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> i feel like I'm getting worked up over nothing because there's a <1% chance I can get in...but 200's more encouraging than 1,000.</p>
<p>So...I did some calculations with numbers I got off the Harvard website or The Crimson...</p>
<p>This year, 2,074 ppl were admitted to Harvard. They only have 1,650 seats. The yield would have to be less than 80% for Harvard to resort to the waitlist...</p>
<p>Their yield's traditionally been pretty high...I believe it was 80% last year, but I can't be 100% sure. I'm hoping that Summers' comment and the publicized poll showing how unhappy Harvard students are will drive more people away...hehe...ahhh....wi****l thinking...</p>
<p>it seems like the bad publicity harvard's getting because of the unhappy undergrad life and summers' comments might make yield lower...</p>
<p>but their new financial aid policy will DEFINATELY make yield higher...</p>
<p>=/ things arent looking to good for us</p>
<p>Hopefully Summers will get very drunk and start hitting on some female profs....:).</p>
<p>lol @ ABirch III</p>
<p>The 2,074 admit number projected a 79% yield. I'd expect it to be similar to last year's yield of nearly 78%, meaning that they will have room for from 25-50 off the waitlist, which I think they plan on.</p>
<p>That is a lot of people from the waitlist (a lot better than 0 at least)</p>
<p>hurray! =)</p>
<p>so, suppose harvard found out that an applicant they waitlisted was gonna attend another ivy league.... say yale... would they be more inclined to admit that student from the waitlist than one that would enroll at a state school? i'm not sure if that makes any sense. in other words, would harvard admit a qualified student from the waitlist knowing that their competitor school wanted the same student?</p>
<p>I want to go to Columbia so badly. If you find a way to get off Harvard's list, I may be able to get off Columbias (but chances are still slim) ugh</p>
<p>Most people on the WL will have been admitted elsewhere and tentatively agreed to enroll there.</p>
<p>Its on a case by case basis, with the decision having first been made that student X would fill a hole that needs filling. </p>
<p>The applicant will be sounded out about his/her continuing interest before an offer of admission is extended.</p>
<p>I still haven't received my waitlist letter (I got an e-mail on the 31st). If it doesn't come soon, can I just phone them to say I would like to be kept on the waitlist?</p>