Thanks for investigating, @Swoosh10. I wonder if there’s a pattern over the past few years. I wonder, too, if they don’t just do “waves” but keep sending out more admits as they get people turning down offers. I’m assuming it’s in their interest to get the class filled asap, rather than sticking to any strict timeline for sending out acceptances.
I’m assuming they don’t reject anyone from the waitlist until they’re done with the process? (Don’t get me started on the practice of keeping 5,000 students on the line for a final decision until July…)
Geez, @twohearted. I haven’t posted b/c I didn’t have anything new to add to the conversation. “We” is my family. Our son, who applied and has been waitlisted, has a friend who got an email on Friday accepting her off the wait list. I thought that would be relevant.
@PopUpZone1921 if he can attend and you aren’t reliant on a particular end cost he can certainly send a short email to his admission counselor and say if accepted he will accept right away…that is about it. There’s no guarantee that will work but the negotiating is over and this is simply a list of kids to fill out the class if they have to and no one knows where the “holes” are. I’ve been around when no one got off the wait list.
@Twohearted. My comments echo goblue246910. We is my family. My daughter was deferred and then waitlisted. We are OOS. Several students got in from her high school. And many more deferred. The one who got in over the weekend was a double legacy with the grades, scores and more. It should have been an immediate early acceptance. So it all worked out. Meanwhile my daughter committed to her seventh choice.
@2b2g1d & @goblue246810 - Curious if the 2 students who got in over the weekend had actually been waitlisted and this was a new decision or deferred. 4/19 was supposed to be the last wave of decisions so it would seem likely they had been deferred and got their decision this weekend.
@Momof2boys1 This particular student applied to LSA, was deferred for Early Action and waitlisted for Regular Decision. Like 2b2g1d, she was also a legacy and extremely qualified. Perhaps legacies are at the top of the wait list?
Didn’t mean to be overly suspicious or skeptical, @goblue246810 and @2b2g1d – I just didn’t think anyone would be offered a spot off the waitlist until at least May 1, since UM won’t know until then how many open spots they’ll have.
(And, as a parent of a kid who’s totally got the stats to get in but has been waiting now since last November, I’ll admit I’m a bit touchy about the whole waitlist thing…)
