Vanderbilt Waitlist 2026

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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you did not get it. any offer was not accepted, then called the next one.

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BTW some schools say that they don’t rank, but they do.

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I have a contact with a former vanderbilt senior admissions officer. they do not rank the waitlist like Zhiwu describes so there is no need to worry :slight_smile:

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I never said the school ranked the waitlist. example: on Monday 2, school clearly know they need 201 student from the list to fill the offer rejections on May 1. they choose 201 “randomly” from the waitlist. 201 offers will be given on May 2- 3. till may 7 the deadline, 191 offers are accepted and 10 are rejected. then here comes the second wave on May 10th, 10 more offers will be given, and deadline is May 13th. then 9 are accepted, 1 rejected. here comes the third wave, 1 more offer will be given to close the class. there is no rank, no further review but I don’t think it will be pure randomly at all. for an example: more medical students needed or someone got a national award etc.

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Bro it’s not random :sob: they make decisions exactly how they make their regular decisions (and to fill gaps in types of students)

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You may want to change your user name and remove your photo from this “anonymous” forum. Bro :sunglasses:

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Thx lol, do you think admissions people are watching

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GUYS, it’s finally tomorrow!

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is the first wave coming out today?

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I believe it is tomorrow

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Based on recent years, first Friday or first Monday in May seems to be the trend (whichever occurred first). Last year was the Monday the 3rd, year before was Friday the 1st and so on. So today makes sense. However, a bunch of schools have commit deadlines of today and I don’t know if that is unusual, so maybe not. The last time May 1st was on a Sunday (2016), waitlist first wave went out on the 2nd.

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so u mean it might be coming out today?

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I don’t really know, meaning I have no insider knowledge, just checking the history on the forum, but I would not be surprised at all if some came out in the next few hours.

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Has anyone got off the waitlist yet?

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Haven’t seen anything quite yet. Expecting a message within the next hour, though, based off years past.

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if anyone does get off the waitlist pls let me know!

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it seems like they are not going to release today

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yeah, probably not

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When do y’all expect that it will come out? tomorrow? or this Friday?

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I’m guessing tomorrow because friday seems a bit late for the first wave.

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