Wait Listed... and I have an important Question

<p>Bart-the dates are not fixed, they are based on when the admissions committee meets. Reportedly they review ALL the remaining students at each meeting, wait for the return, and then meet again every week or so until the class is full. They told my S originally it would be end of June(as did Harvard) but he heard before.
We only know he was in the 2nd group because some CCers got offered spots the week before he did. Very stressful, and good luck!
Harvard sent a card about every three weeks stating they would like to keep him on the list, and asking if he still wanted to remain on it until early July, when they informed him that the class was full.</p>

<p>According to Midd’s website or was it the paper… they are not accepting any transfer students this year. Between the size of the rising senior class, the number of juniors who are not traveling abroad in the fall and a good yield coming in for next year’s class, I guess the rooming situation is going to be tight. They are doing some rearranging to accommodate this. This, of course, includes the fact that they also grew this year’s class (class of 2014) by about 50. I imagine the class will end up full sooner rather than later and a date of late June is just to give them some flexibility.</p>

<p>Agreed. I’m pretty sure it was end of May last year.</p>

<p>I also find the email I got strange. The people who need to be reminded at this point to take a wl spot probably aren’t all that interested - why do they want uncertain people on their waitlist? Maybe they are concerned…</p>

<p>ok. thank you!</p>

<p>Pandora… </p>

<p>I am slightly confused by why you think the school would be in a position for concern. In just the last two years - class of 2012 and 2013 - they offered a total of 3339 people a spot on those waiting lists. Of those, close to half (1587) accepted. 91 were later offered a place in those two classes. That’s an acceptance of just slightly more than 1/2 a percent. Where is the need for the college’s concern here, especially since this year was a record-breaking application pool? </p>

<p>Honestly, I think they were just being nice in contacting people whose decision to stay on the waiting list remained outstanding so they could move forward with their work (dump those files) and wrap things up as soon as possible. From my perspective, let’s say in an RSVP situation, I might be inclined to just check with a potential guest if I had not heard anything in case the RSVP had been misplaced in the shuffle. While I am sure your child is a great student and would have been a potential addition to Middlebury’s campus, I just don’t agree that their asking what her plans might be are the same as searching for students to enroll. The math alone doesn’t support this. I’d have to see the wait list letter, but did it not say please “click” here to accept or decline a spot on the waitlist. And if it didn’t, it probably will next year!</p>

<p>I think you’re right, Modadunn. After thinking about it I do think it was just a courtesy email…in case the postcard was lost in the mail or whatever.</p>

<p>I can’t remember the specifics of Midd, but I think they sent a postcard that you mailed in ONLY if you want to stay on the WL. Basically, you did nothing if not. I agree that the better option would be something online–two choices…yes or no.</p>

<p>That said, even the schools that DID have online WL response–those also only had “click this link if you want to remain on the WL.” The online version had no option to “click this link to decline your WL spot.”</p>

<p>Schools like to know where a student is matriculating because they want to know which schools they ‘lose’ students to. It’s part of the marketing plan.</p>

<p>Agree Lefthand… but I think they really only care if they accepted you and you’re declining their offer of admission. Some people think that’s really nosey or prying, but I think it makes perfect sense as to why they’d want to know.</p>

<p>When does Middlebury usually publish the yield and the number of spots available on the wait list? Do they do that at all?</p>

<p>[Common</a> Data Set | Middlebury](<a href=“Assessment and Institutional Research | Middlebury”>Assessment and Institutional Research | Middlebury)</p>

<p>You have to scroll through the PDF to get to First Year data, but it’s all there. Number of applications, how many admitted, how many enroll, how many wait listed, how many taking a spot and how many are taken.</p>

<p>“but I think they really only care if they accepted you and you’re declining their offer of admission.”</p>

<p>^ The Williams waitlist card asks if you accept a place on the waitlist, and if the answer is no, it goes on to ask which school you will attend.</p>

<p>Um Modadunn I was wondering about this year, not previous years.</p>