There are so many waitlisted applicants, I was curious if there has traditionally been a thread to record who gets in after staying on a list. It just got me thinking that there were so many of us with multiple admits and that’s a lot of openings to be…
There are too few cases to warrant a thread.
The multiple admits are mostly accounted for by schools in their yield calculation. The schools where I have heard the yield range from 50-86%, so they expect not everyone will accept their offer. Sometimes the schools are a bit off, and if they underestimate that is when they go to the waitlist.
LOL. I would bet there are far more than we know. I know it’s tough but still.
@Center Far too few cases on CC. This forum represents a fraction of the actual pool.
I think that is a great idea. I think it would be worthwhile thread to determine how often it really occurs and at what rate per school.
Any list generated on CC will not be representative of how often any thing occurs or at what rate per school. CC is too small a sample and not random.
I know it will not be representative! CC is not representative. I just thought it would be interesting given the fact that so many on CC report being waitlisted
@ChoatieMom – Don’t you think the information would be very similar to the information gleaned from the Prep school Stats/EC?
Are you gleaning anything from the Prep School Stats/ECs?
An incomplete report will be still very helpful. It can tell a lot if 20 got off and 19 were athletes, etc.
An incomplete report will lead to incorrect assumptions, but go ahead, no one will ban the thread. You won’t see anywhere near 20 removed from all the waitlisted applicants across all of the boarding schools reporting here. I doubt you’ll see three which is why you won’t be able to deduce anything.
If there isn’t a benefit to the Prep School Stats/ECs why does it reoccur?
There isn’t much to deduce from everything reported here Much of what is reported is statistically improbable me a good portion of it is fake anyway so you are right --why bother?
Beats me. I don’t read stats or chances threads. Just because a thread recurs does not mean it is useful.
I guess I thought because you created it this year that you thought there was some value in it. I was mistaken
It gives the students something to do. 
I “started” the thread by copying last year’s based on someone’s request just as a public service. 
As one with a DS sitting on multiple WLs, I think the thread a great idea. Even if few, those that get in provide some indication of possibility and how slim that possibility might be.
And there is better info out there from the schools. For example, I just read the minutes of Deerfield’s executive meeting (alums) from late April 2015. It states that as of that point last year, 6 sophomores had been admitted off the WL (no juniors).
@Gnomen16 That’s what I was thinking…