The Wait List

Prep School Admissions
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<p>CroissantMiser, the AOs do not have instantaneous access to WL information. I would expect the director of admissions to know this information, but not admissions officers. The waitlists might have originally had 20 boys for 9th grade, for example, but 10 boys opted to accept other offers. So AOs at the same school might give different answers at different times of day, depending on the time the responses (by email and snail mail) were reported and collated. </p>

<p>To make matters worse, applicants fall into multiple categories. A 9th grade boy could be a squash player, a tuba player, and a student from the midwest, at the same time. If a school houses students in dorms by grade, it’s easier to give a clear answer, because a 9th grade bed is not a 10th grade bed. If a school houses multiple grades in each dorm, an open bed could be filled by any waitlisted applicant of the relevant gender.</p>

<p>Schools seem to go to their waitlist in an organized fashion. The WL information is only relevant once the director decides it’s time to go to the waitlist. If a school does go to the waitlist, they generally want answers very quickly; I have a friend who had to give an answer in less than a day to a pre-prep. </p>

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<p>Update from Exeter:
Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer any more places for this
year. Our enrollment is complete for the coming fall and we do not
anticipate enough attrition before the start of school to warrant
keeping a Waiting List.</p>

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<p>Interesting. Looks like Exeter has two different versions of the same waitlist letter. Here is what I just got:</p>

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<p>These say slightly different things. Wonder why?</p>

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<p>I think the second one is telling a smaller group of students that something might open up later, the first one is just saying that they’re done.</p>

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<p>I remember reading somewhere that Exeter’s waitlist was not ranked, but instead a pool. These two emails seem to indicate that there is obvious ranking within the pool. </p>

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<p>It probably depends of the grade too. Yet I agree that there is obvious ranking.</p>

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<p>Mine is grade 9 male boarder</p>

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<p>And mine is 11th grade, male, board, international</p>

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<p>Ok guess this means that the Grade 9 waitlist is still open but Grade 11 is closed. </p>

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<p>That makes more sense!</p>

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<p>Just wondering, again
 has anyone gotten any word from L’Ville? I don’t really think I would choose to stay on the waitlist anyways, but it would be nice if they sent an email informing applicants on the status of the waitlist, especially for the purpose of closure (although they may just genuinely not know).</p>

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<p>@cmark5: Lawrenceville’s waitlist had some movement on April 10. Doesn’t seem like anything since then. See earlier posts</p>

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<p>Has anyone heard anything from Loomis recently about movement on the waitlist?</p>

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<p>Has anyone heard from lville? I’m waitlisted for tenth grade, and I haven’t heard anything</p>

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<p>Loomis waitlist update: “It is difficult to know if we will be taking additional students, but with June 1st as the binding contractual deadline at most schools, families do change their decisions, thus making it possible to admit a student on the waitlist if a space becomes available.”</p>

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<p>I was just curious but why do they call June 1st the binding contractual deadline. The first payment for most BS is July1st. Does this mean that you could pull out of your contract and only lose the down payment by June1? I guess after this date you are required to pay for the full year?</p>

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<p>Unless you pay the full amount monthly, or on a plan. That’s what a lot of people do.</p>

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<p>This is sad. I hate the word wait list. :(</p>

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<p>HA HA so true but really only if you find yourself still on one.</p>

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<p>Hey, I’m not on a waitlist and I still hate it. A lot of people do
 :frowning: </p>