<p>Folks, I have some sad news. I just found out that due to an unprecedented yield, we're not going to be able to take anyone from the waitlist this year. I just got out of the meeting and figured those of you who are still waiting would want to know asap.</p>
<p>On behalf of the whole office, I'm really sorry. I was 100% convinced that we'd go to the list this year. We just didn't expect the yield to be so high.</p>
<p>wow..can you tell us what the yield was for this year?</p>
<p>Wow, and this year you guys were extra careful this year because of the overenrollment of last year also, but you still couldn't go to the waitlist?</p>
<p>Hm. Does this affect the number of transfer students who will be admitted for the Fall 2005 term?</p>
<p>Super6 - We won't know the exact yield until we see ramifications of other schools going to their waitlists, but I'll let you know as soon as I know. :-)</p>
<p>Amrik - yes, to be careful I think we took about 200 fewer applicants than last year, expecting to go to the waitlist. Wow is right!</p>
<p>ThreePointOneFour - Unfortunately I'm not sure; the transfer committee is comprised of the Dean and senior staff only.</p>
<p>Wait. I believe there is some pattern over the years... isn't it like more people applying and more people getting in? But how considering you have a limited number of dorms? Also, how does this affect those who apply in 2006/2007? Just wondering...</p>
<p>just on assuming that everyone that sent in their enrollment forms actually does enroll...what figure are we looking at for yield?</p>
<p>Wow, as a person who chose not to remain on the waitlist I am a bit relieved (Caltech instead). Ultimately I did an analysis on the trend of the increasing yield at MIT compared to how many people they accepted this year to help me decide (and yeah, going on a trend line of the yield, it seemed like MIT would over enroll by a bit again)</p>
<p>Sagar - no, we won't be overenrolled this year to the extent that we were last year.</p>
<p>Super6 - I'm not allowed to say anything yet per the wishes of the senior staff. But I'll tell you as soon as I can.</p>
<p>How much tougher can transfer admissions get anyway.. unless they decide to not accept any transfer apps at all. :-/</p>
<p>Of come on. We will find a place for you. You can sleep on the air-bed in a loung or in my room ;). Or Elina's one. According to what she says about her tidiness she would not notice any change :D</p>
<p>LOL.. Wait till she reads that :p</p>
<p>Arhhh!!!
What is this?
Wait till Aug 21 jerzy!!!!
u better not come to MIT this fall!!
:P</p>
<p>Oops... </p>
<p>Of course, everyone should be aware that it was a bad joke. Actually Elina won the competition for the second cleanest desk in southeast of Asia, from what I have heard... ;)</p>
<p>Whose was the cleanest?</p>
<p>I do not know this man. But I bet it was a proteinish lab worker, because we have to have very clean desks... Hence some do have ;').</p>
<p>You all seem to be profusely thanking everyone at MIT for their hard work, here and on the MIT blogs. Yes, it was hard work and I thank you as well. But I am also very disappointed in MIT for their lack of consistency during the admissions process. You took 200 fewer students this year knowing that for sure you would go to the waitlist. In fact an admissions officer spoke to my guidance conselor at school and said so in plain words: we will go to the waitlist this year. Yet once May 9 or so rolls around, everything changes? MIT had a 100% yield rate? Is it so difficult to accomodate few students from the waitlist? Please do not give me the dorm space excuse. I've heard it and I'm tired of it. In short, I am very disappointed in MIT this year, you should just cancel your waitlist instead of having students hang by your every word and wait in anticipation for mid-May. I hope future students have a better experience with you but again I say I am very disappointed.</p>
<p>Well, first assign ONE reason why MIT won't accept any off the waitlist if they could?</p>
<p>How could MIT accurately predict the yield? There was no way. All they could do was generally use past experience, reduce the number of admissions and count on some people (even less than last year) saying no, thanks, to MIT. Now it seems, that there weren't very many of the highly desireable accepted students, saying no to MIT. How could that have possibly been predicted? IMO, if acceptance can't be guaranteed, how could taking off the waitlist be guaranteed? </p>
<p>And the profuse thanks were hard earned by MIT staff that I encountered personally. They did one heck of a job.</p>