<p>Our nephew is on the Wes wait list. This is his first choice school. Accepted at Syracuse and NU. He has informed the adcom of his great interest. Has updated information, etc. </p>
<p>Now that May 1 is coming (he will secure with Syracuse first) should he not be hearing about the decision from Wes soon? I don't know how it works for these wonderful NESCAC type schools.</p>
<p>Yale was brutal this year, turning down some very fine candidates with no real hope if you on their wait list.</p>
<p>I have only heard that Wes offers a bit more hope.....that maybe they offer admission off the waitlist amounting to about 5% of the incoming class.</p>
<p>Well, I have a friend who was admitted off the waitlist as late as July a few years ago, so just if/because he doesn't hear soon doesn't mean there is no hope. Good luck!</p>
<p>Schools generally don't take kids off the waitlist until after the May 1 deadline, since that's when they'll know how many kids are actually attending and they can see how much room they have available for waitlisted students. As Weskid said, acceptances off the waitlist can come at any time during the summer. It's kind of a cascade effect: Student A waitlisted at College A, secures spot at Wes. College A calls Student A on May 3 and accepts her from the waitlist. Student A has 3 days or so to decide. Student A decides on May 4, contacts Wes. Now Wes updates records, determines if Student A's departure means that there is room off the waitlist. Wes calls Student B off the waitlist. It's now May 7 or so. Student B takes his 3 days to decide, but figures that he's invested time and emotion in School B that he really would rather go there. Now it's May 10. Wes moves on to another student, and so on until the class is full.</p>
<p>The scenario I posted about Student B is not too far-fetched, either (it happened to me lo those many years ago). Encourage your nephew to focus on Syracuse and put his energy there. Stay on the waiting list, sure, but basically forget about it. Then, if it comes, he can make a decision, but he may decide that he's happy with Syracuse. If it doesn't come, he won't have wasted his time and energy on it and can enter Syracuse happily in the fall.</p>
<p>My son was admitted off the waitlist last year at Wesleyan. He received a phone call on Saturady morning, May 5, 2007 from Greg Pyke, asking him if he was still interested in Wesleyan. We heard him say "very interested". A girl in his class at highschool also received the call the same day. Shortly thereafter he received the written admissions packet. He is very happy at Wesleyan. He only felt bad that he missed Wesfest, and therefore was looking forward to attending it this year.
Good luck to all on the waitlist.</p>
<p>I'm on the waitlist too. Have any of you sent in letters or something pleading with the admissions office to accept you? Everyone I've talked to have told me I should, but I don't want Wesleyan to think I'm a pest.</p>