<p>Anyone know how many they usually take off the waitlist? Is there a reasonable chance if I keep showing interest?</p>
<p>class of 2008: 1862 students placed on waiting liist, 652 accepted, 69 enrolled
class of 2007: 1975 students placed on waiting list, 740 accepted, 0 enrolled
class of 2006: unknown number of students placed on waiting list, 913 accepted, 81 enrolled.</p>
<p>given the relatively dramatic increase in applicants this year, yield will be somewhat difficult to predict. in this situation schools are prone to underadmit so they can be assured they will not overenroll (and have housing problems). so unless yield is higher than expected, there should be a decent number of students getting in off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Yeah I got waitlisted too which sucks because it's my first choice. I've heard at other schools if you like call and show interest theres a better chance of getting in, does anybody have any knowledge about this?</p>
<p>ya wutever, i dont get bucknell...i sent back their card tellin em i dont wanna go</p>
<p>i get waitlisted there but in at UVA OOS...go figure</p>
<p>ericatbucknell, your numbers are correect but the terms need clarification:</p>
<ul>
<li>your headings make it look like 700 are offered admission, and that unfortunately is not the case</li>
<li>approx. 600-700 each year accept the waitlist, of which 0-70 are offered admission</li>
</ul>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>good call. i can definitely see how that could have been unclear.</p>
<p>Uhh... 11% chance?
At least they let you call them on the 25th to see what your odds are.</p>
<p>Also waitlisted. I told them 'no thanks' (waitlists don't get any fin aid, right?) but, because of the crazy shotgun apps this year (10-20 schools) I would think that they will have to take more off the waitlist this year. You can apply to 15 schools but will only end up attending 1 so there will be a lot of uncertainty in the admissions depts.</p>
<p>they r just trying to make themselves look better by increasing their retention rate (% of those accepted that go)</p>
<p>retention rate is the percentage of students who return for their sophomore years. you are referring to yield.</p>
<p>given the facts that bucknell enrolled NO students off the waitlist from a fairly recent class and that more students were admitted this year than last, i think its fairly safe to assume that its not an institution that plays the numbers game. that said, this appears to be an especially unpredictable year given the overall increase in applications nationwide. and as ive said before, underadmitting is preferable to overadmitting (and overenrolling). thats what waitlists are for.</p>
<p>if you say so</p>
<p>I got waitlisted also. I was kinda ****ed off, but I sent back in the card saying "no thanks" because I got into washington and lee which I'd rather go to anyway. What I want to know is how much the standards shot up this year for getting in, because I felt almost certain I'd get in. 1460 SAT's, right around 10% in my class at just below a 4.0, strong EC's, good recs. What were they looking for this year?</p>
<p>ericatbucknell--</p>
<p>trust me... bucknell is one of the biggest players in the numbers games.</p>
<p>swimdu-</p>
<p>if you would like to back up your claim, feel more than free to do so.</p>
<p>this is what i know:</p>
<p>1) bucknell is not a school that uses its waitlist every year;
2) does it perhaps waitlist too many people? yes. but so does nearly every other school in the nation;
3) bucknell has a higher average sat score and lower rate of admission than lehigh. yet lehigh admits a lower percentage of students with 1500s than does bucknell.</p>
<p>but again, if you have more information than i do, this is the place to share it. i really am interested.</p>