For those in wailist, I want to share some thoughts – one poster has asked me to explicitly. Others may be curious, hence a separate thrad. Unfortunately, nothing conclusive I can say.
First, I do not think even the admission knows how many will be admitted out of waitlist. It seems they offered to a bunch in 2015 and no one in 2016. They had a very large class for Fall 2016, exceeding the numbers from Fall 2015 by almost 900 or about 13%. Some of it was intentional, but some of it could have also been because their yield was better than expected. They had to juggle with housing quite a bit as it is, and were not in a position to (or did not need to) accept anyone from the waitlist.
The number of admits and acceptances are both running lower than 2016 right now, and it doesn’t appear all that many got admitted last Friday. However, I have a suspicion that their target class is much closer than the one in 2015 as compared to the one in 2016. The reason would be housing: with two year dorm requirement, two large classes will create many issues for them.
In summary, it is unfortunately just going to be wait and watch.