<p>that tore my heart in two</p>
<p>So many EA'ers were deferred and then waitlisted.. imagine their plight :(</p>
<p>I was one mercury. Yea, you cant predict the exact yield...but judging from the past couple of years they should have NOT waitlisted at all. Why keep people anxiously waiting, delaying the excitement for acceptance to another schoo, when MIT knows that its unlikely that they'd be taking from the waitlist. For such a sought-after school with a nearly 80% yield rate, a waitlist SHOULD NOT be drawn up. Just reject everyone who doesnt make it. I would NOT have been angry had MIT just rejected me on the spot during RD, after being deferred EA. Being waitlisted said nothing and meant nothing.</p>
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<p>I understand your frustration, but please see my previous post in this thread. As I said therein, we fully intended to go to the waitlist. I'm not sure how you arrived at the sentiment quoted above.</p>
<p>And our yield over the last few years was around 65%, not 80%.</p>
<p>I estimate the yield this year to be 68-70%</p>
<p>Im going w/ 70-70.023456789</p>
<p>Aw sorry sutol. After all is said and done, admitted students will be happy and will rave about the process, while rejected students will be sad and frustrated. That's the way it is, and we can't change it, can we?</p>
<p>np mercury. I am over it, but I really hated this whole admissions process and I hope one day to change the way it works (one of my aspirations). Anyway, I'll still be studying engineering next year and I'll be in a fab city. It was nice talking to all of you...I'll miss you MIT! :(</p>
<p>where u going, sutol?</p>
<p>"Im going w/ 70-70.023456789"</p>
<p>I need to argue, there is not so many people who could divide yield into such a small parts like billionths. ;)</p>
<p>I would also project 68-70+%, according to what I have seen in internet... They decrease theprojected class by several tens.
This year it ought to be 1040, to 1000 [?] os something similar.</p>
<p>If they are stunned, the amount probably exceeded the size of class 2008, it's the first siginificant checkpoint for me that could influence their feelings. The second one is 70% yield. But I am just deliberating.</p>
<p>I'm going to Columbia SEAS. I was also accepted at Cornell Engineering, but the programs seemed very much the same to me despite what others were saying, so location and proximity to home were deciding factors.</p>
<p>Oh Sutol, CONGRATULATIONS on Columbia!! That is nothing to sneeze at! I hope you experience in a few years what I have read on CC before. A person winds up somewhere other than where they originally intended. I hope it turns out to be a resounding success for you at Columbia. My daughter is also going to Columbia (College, not SEAS) and both she and I get more excited every day. Wow! Location? Can't be beat! I wish you every succcess.</p>
<p>Thanks 09Mom! </p>
<p>I am very excited, but like mercury, MIT was my first "love" and its hard to get over. Well good luck to everyone wherever you're going. It really comes down to how much you make of your college and opportunities there. The individual is far more important than the college :)</p>
<p>Yes I was also an EA applicant deferred then waitlisted. Not fun. Unfortunately I made the grave mistake of applying to only two schools. Not because I was overly confident, but because no other schools interested me. I will be going to a school in Florida that is... shall we say... not so good. In any case, I will be applying for a transfer, and I will pray a little harder to "draw out" against the other applicants.</p>
<p>If you are interested, yield figures are up on Matt's blog.</p>