<p>Heads up, applicants: Dean J reports on her blog that U-Va is definitely taking folks from the waitlist and will start making calls TODAY to students being offered a spot.</p>
<p>very interesting…UVA has not gone to the list this early before…wonder what it means for the waitlist in general this year…</p>
<p>From Dean J’s blog:
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<p>[Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: We’re Making Some Waiting List Offers](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2012/04/were-making-some-waiting-list-offers.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: We're Making Some Waiting List Offers)</p>
<p>We actually did it once before, but the number of people contacted was so small that it didn’t warrant a post on the blog. It would have been a little cruel to alert everyone for just a couple offers that (I think) were made on the deposit day. </p>
<p>We all hate the idea of someone losing a deposit, especially since some schools have pretty hefty ones.</p>
<p>Dean J…Will UVA only be calling or should applicants also check the SIS website using their login?</p>
<p>I find this somewhat laughable. 2 days before the deadline, UVA becomes concerned about people not losing their deposits. If they had their class, they would not be doing this prior to the end of the notification deadline of May 1. Why can’t they just come out and say that they underestimated the yield and thus, are going to the waitlist???</p>
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We always call to give the student the heads up. </p>
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It’s always a concern at UVa and other schools. Many schools would love to move to the waiting list before May 1st. It doesn’t always work out, but sometimes it does.</p>
<p>Thinking back on my career (not just at UVa), I remember one school that routinely made a few offers before the deadline. People were always thrilled. I’m surprised by the negative reaction.</p>
<p>How colleges get even close to the correct yield, given the number of applications we all fill out, is a mystery. I think students are going wild over the wait list opening up. Thanks, Dean J! Wish all colleges would go to their wait lists before the deadline. It really would help those who do not want to deposit tomorrow and then have their dream school call next week. UVA is setting a great example.</p>
<p>Most colleges design their system that they always make offers from the wait list. Last year, my understanding was the offers from the wait list were smaller than usual. As people notify UVa they are going to other colleges (which is the normal process), the U. can feel more comfortable about making offers. </p>
<p>Last year, the yield was a little higher than they expected, so there were a few first year students in triple rooms.</p>
<p>Dean J…first off, it is not a negative reaction. I am happy you are going to your waitlist. My problem is with your statement that this year you are going to the waitlist early so you can possibly save some students deposit money at other schools. By inference, this means in years past you have not really cared about students that have deposited elsewhere. In years past you have spent a lot of time detailing that careful analysis is necessary after the deposit deadline date to see “where the holes are” in the class. Therefore, it just seems apparent that if you start going to WL before you do normally that you have holes in the class and your yield is possibly down. A bit of humility instead of offering excuses would be nice.</p>
<p>As I shared before, we’ve made early offers in the past, but in such small numbers that it didn’t warrant mention.</p>
<p>I am curious how the process works. I know you have said that the list isn’t ranked, and that you have said you have to fill holes (eg- OOS in nursing, IS in education etc). If the WL isn’t ranked, then how do you do it? Alphabetical? Chronological? Darts at a list? There must be hundreds of people in each of the 10 subgroups that you have. Once you determine the subgroup there must be a method.</p>
<p>Dean J please let us know how many students are on waitlist and how many you are planning to take off, so that we get a sense of numbers and assess the chances. My daughter has been waiting for a call from UVA for long</p>
<p>Dean J…Since this is the first year in a long time offering EA to students are you seeing the EA students decline in high numbers? I know in the past almost nobody I know (four studenst who I thought weer very good candidates) got off the wait list to UVA.</p>
<p>I don’t have any new data to share, but I believe the yield on the EA group is quite high.</p>
<p>The number of waiting list offers we made in past years:
2011: 117
2010: 240
2009: 288
2008: 60
2007: 159
2006: 145 (Early Decision in place)
2005: 83 (Early Decision in place)</p>
<p>Obviously, the offers were scattered between different groups within the class (VA/OOS, four different schools).</p>
<p>The [waiting</a> list FAQ page](<a href=“http://www.admission.virginia.edu/waitlist]waiting”>http://www.admission.virginia.edu/waitlist) has this data and explains more.</p>
<p>Dean J as I understand that you have been taking off only hundred plus students off the waiting list in the past years, please let me know this year as you have started the process of taking off students from waitlist early is it complete by now</p>
<p>Delhi: They just started the wait list calling process. The deadline for acceptances for regular admittances was yesterday, so they are still calculating the available seats.</p>
<p>The process of making waiting list offers often takes 4-6 weeks. We just started our review, so this will take time.</p>
<p>Dean J- How about my question about how you determine who to call?</p>
<p>I hope VADAD1’s daughter gets a call!</p>