<p>i know chances are slim, but for those who were accepted off the waitlist in past years, what date did you find out on and what did the envelope look like and how was the financial aid? thanks. good luck to everyone. from this article it looks like 50-100 out of 1000 placed on the waitlist will be taken off. since it isnt ranked, does anyone know who the process works?</p>
<p>i heard from the admissions office (phone call) in the middle of may--around the 10, i think? the admissions officer said that she'd been pushing for me in the decision committee and wanted to know if i was still interested. i called back, said yes, and i got my letter a few days later officially letting me know i was in. the envelope is pretty much the same as the envelope that regularly admitted students get (at least in terms of size). i'm not exactly sure how the waitlist process works, but i didn't write to them or call them or anything while i was waiting to hear, so it's not just if your name is fresh in their minds. </p>
<p>i do think that they said they weren't expecting to take many names off the waitlist this year, but you never know. i guess they're anticipating a high yield rate, but strange things can happen. it's definitely possible, though, to get in off the waitlist. good luck!</p>
<p>I'm now a freshman in the SFS and here is my waitlist story:</p>
<p>In late march I receive the letter I'm sure that you did stating that I had been placed on the waitlist and that I would be notified of a decision 6 weeks later. My waitlist letter also had a sheet attached with waitlist numbers broken down for each of the schools and percentages of those admitted off the waitlist for the past 4 years - I think I remember the SFS's combined average over the past 4 years at that point to be a slim 5%. </p>
<p>Here's where it gets odd. 6 weeks later, on approxiametely May 14, I receive a letter in the mail stating that I had been neither accepted...nor rejected. It stated that I was placed on an "extended waiting list" and that spaces would be made available through attrition (presumably last minute drops of students who choose no longer to attend having been accepted off waitlists at other schools.) This was the last thing in the world I was expecting to occur, as I didn't even know this was an option. No phone call gauging interest to attend, nothing. Throughout this whole ordeal I am sending emails to my adcom about my continued interest in Gtown and pledging to attend if I were to be accepted. The letter stated that I would be notified no later than JUNE 30 of my acceptance/rejection.</p>
<p>2 weeks later, on May 28, I unexpectedly received a letter from the admissions office proudly offering me acceptance to the Class of 2009. Happiest day of my life by far.</p>
<p>I have some archived posts detailing this experience if you care to look. Don't lose hope!</p>
<p>thats intense. i would be so happy if i got off the waitlist. ahh we can dream i guess. do you guys know that stats for people getting off NHS... my letter said 20%-50%? and if you dont mind, what were your stats?</p>
<p>street corner, what if you hadnt got that acceptance letter?!</p>
<p>Were'nt you going to accept anywhere else?</p>
<p>I think streetcornertalking probably sent his deposit in somewhere else, and withdrew his admission once he was accepted by Georgetown. After all, there's always a contingency plan.</p>
<p>Yes, I did have a contingency plan in order. I had deposited to Tufts, but was not keen on going there.</p>
<p>My stats:
3.8W at an ultracompetitive prep school in North Hollywood, CA
1400 SAT1
780 Writing, 730 Math 1C, 700 History
AP Scholar award
Hooks:
Commitment to IR through uberinvolvement in Model UN, Forensics
Proficiency in Armenian, Turkish
State champion and nationally ranked archer (attended 3 development camps at Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA)</p>
<p>your a really interesting person... congrats on getting off the waitlist.
i dont understand how they choose to waitlist people as opposed to reject/admit them.
do you think they waitlist instead of reject b/c the interviewer highly recommended him/her and admissions didnt want to insult the interviewer?
do you think they waitlist instead of admit b/c they admissions doesnt want to include a student with low stats in the data sets of admitted students?
considering the dearth of positions that will be available, why around so many students put on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Waitlist, from what I've heard from friends with experience in the admissions office, are for those for whom they have already accepted students with near identical spots and are kindof an insurance should one of those drop.</p>
<p>I think strategy also has a significant amount to do with it (such as statistics), as well as demonstrated commitment to attending. Georgetown has a very strict enrollment cap imposed by the DC Zoning board of 1700 every year. As a result, they purposefully underadmit so as not to go over this and hence move to the waitlist - however, increasing yields have affected the amount that they can ultimately take off the waitlist over the past few years especially.</p>
<p>streetcorner, had you applied Early Action to Georgetown? Does having applied early help when you're on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Me: I had a 1440 SAT I, 800 SAT 2 writing, 710 history, and I don't remember my math. I was ranked 14th in a class of 500 at a very competitive school in southern NJ, where my weighted GPA was something like 6.4 out of 7.0 (but the valedictorian had a 6.7, I believe). I was a vice president for my synagogue's youth group, I was an editor of my school paper, and I volunteered in Philadelphia at an organization that cooked and delivered meals to people with AIDS. </p>
<p>I was planning to go to JHU before I was admitted off the waitlist, and I was actually getting very excited about it. I don't believe that applying early makes any difference in waitlist status or getting off the waitlist--I applied regular decision. And I highly doubt that they put people on the waitlist because they have low stats--trust me, I know people with much lower stats than me who were admitted in a heartbeat. </p>
<p>I don't really think that they put you on the waitlist because of the interviewer. As my interviewer told me, "I can keep you out, but I can't get you in." They're realistic about things. The interviews are meant to get a feel for if you and the school will click. </p>
<p>I actually agree with streetcorner that people on the waitlist are meant to fill the spot of students who are very similar should they choose not to attend. There was a boy who went to another school near me with almost the exact same stats and activities. He was admitted and I was waitlisted. Meanwhile, I was admitted at UVA (his first choice) and he was waitlisted. I turned down UVA, he turned down Georgetown, and we were both admitted off the waitlist. Except for the fact that he's a boy and I'm not, we were nearly identical applicants.</p>
<p>hoyahoyasaxa, your are right about the part where waitlisted students are meant to fill the spot of students who are very similar from those who choose not to attend. However, they do base it often on stats as well. Being waitlisted regular is kind of the same situation as being deferred early: they first pick the students with the strongest stats (often SAT's and GPA, obviously you still have to be a well-rounded student), because the people that are accepted early, it is their stats that are used for all the college magazines and sites (when you see mid 50% SAT 650-740..., the info. comes generally from the early accepted students). For regular, even though it will be at a far less extent, they do the same thing. They can balance out the stats with some students with low SAT's if they had many accepted with strong SAT's (as long as the rest of your application is Gtown material), but they will put many of students with low SAT's, or GPA for that matter in waitlist and see who accepts offers regular. If they lose students with strong SAT's, they most probably will take other waitlisted students with good SAT's as well (which comes back to hoyahoyasaxa's idea). For prestigious colleges, stats are fairly important even publicity-wise. So I guess it depends on the year.
Fall 2006, we're pretty lucky because we were the ginny pigs to the new SAT's. They didn't know what to expect...
(sry for the long post). :S</p>
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<p>To say the least... Heh, heh, heh...</p>
<p>thanks tlaktan. And no, I had not applied EA, just regular (i applied ed to dartmouth and got deffered, then rejected). If I had applied EA and gone through that entire proces I may have killed myself.</p>
<p>Ha, I know what you mean. I applied EA to the SFS, was deferred in December, and waitlisted in March. I'm really hoping they either accept or reject me in May, because I don't think I'll be able to handle any more waiting for Georgetown to make up their minds.</p>
<p>I wish I'd been put on the waitlist after being deferred from EA, I was rejected RD for SFS after being deferred EA.</p>
<p>Yes, I guess I should count my blessings. But if I end up getting rejected after being strung along for almost a year (I sent in my preliminary application in June of '05), I'll be pretty upset.</p>
<p>Yeah, that would suck..good luck! I hope you get in, then maybe I can live vicariously through you!</p>
<p>does anyone know what the specific yield was this year and the breakdown for each school?</p>
<p>about the whole people with worse stats get waitlisted thing</p>
<p>Im Waitlisted
Gtown has always been my #1 (made very clear)</p>
<p>SAT: 2310
GPA (uw): 3.93, very tough priv school</p>
<p>too lazy to type anything else, but thats the cold #s</p>