<p>Thanks a lot for the quick reply reptil.
I think I got a rough idea of how the waitlist works in statistical terms.
When I first looked at the RD 2014 thread for Harvard I very much got the impression that they put nearly everyone the waitlist. 
But if it is really just 1,500 out of 30,000 I feel a lot better. And this is not because I might have a two digit chance of admission now, but because I must have had something that qualified me and set me apart from the 26,000 students who got rejected.
However, donāt you think that more than 50-65% would accept their place on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Hey people accepted to Cornell and waitlisted nere, I am with you. 
Happy to hear that you are likeing Cornell as it seems that I may be there. Will stay on this list though :)</p>
<p>Ok people need a bit of help. I got waitlisted from Harvard. From the places that I have been admitted to, is it possible for me to accept the admission offer from one of them AND remain on the waitlist? Or do I have to give up my admission to stay on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Thanks guys :)</p>
<p>It really isnāt a matter of if you can do that but rather something that NEEDS to be done. You have a accept the decision of a school that accepted you come May 1st but you absolutely can stay on the Harvard waitlist after doing so.</p>
<p>Any hard evidence as to how many are actually on the wait list?</p>
<p>@reptil
Where did you find out that 85 people were admitted off the waitlist last year? On the decision letter this year, weāre told that Harvard āadmitted more than one hundred candidatesā off the waitlist last year. I highly doubt theyāre lying to us.</p>
<p>Good luck! Iām not attending Harvard, so thatās one more spot! From what I hear, a lot of people arenāt going to Harvard. I hope this gave at least one person more hope.</p>
<p>Donāt give up. Whatās meant to happen will happen.</p>
<p>Why are the people who were accepted to Harvard not choosing to go there?</p>
<p>I too am not really feeling inclined towards Harvard, I donāt know if itās too early for me to judge - but it has to do with how absolutely friendly and warm Yale has been, and the amount of contact Iāve had with Yalies. Whereas I havenāt really had the same level of human contact or interest from Harvard.</p>
<p>I also seem to have so many bureaucratic problems with dealing with forms and stuff with the Harvard administration, whereas with Yale everything was just such smooth sailing. </p>
<p>Maybe Iāll change my mind once I visit, but for now, I think Iām inclined to turn down Harvard for Yale.</p>
<p>Well anyway, maybe one more spot off the waitlist for someone. :)</p>
<p>Waitlisted too. At Princeton as well, and Iām staying on, even though Iām into Brown and Columbia, just for kicks. How many people will they let in this year? I know they said last year was a hundred. And should we keep them updated?</p>
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<p>Yes, definitely keep them informed. If you still want Harvard, make sure your admissions officer knows that, and send any additional info that helps to make your case.</p>
<p>But recognize that the odds are probably not good. Harvard admitted 2,110 applicants. The yield rate has been running around 76%, which translates to about 1600 matriculants. Theyāre probably targeting a freshman class of about 1650. Itās bad for admissions if too many people accept and they donāt have room for them. So, if the yield rate stays the same, maybe 50 people get a call. If yield is down, there will be more love to spread. But if it goes up by a couple of percentage points, very few people will get calls. Itās hard to know how many are on the waitlist because Harvard doesnāt publish that info, but this year Yale has a little under 1,000, and Princeton a bit under 1500. Last year, Yaleās yield was higher than expected, and they took 7 from a list that started at 770 (though people drop off those lists fairly fast). </p>
<p>With more people applying to a larger number of schools, yield rates have to drop somewhere, but maybe more for schools lower in the pecking order.</p>
<p>Itās a good thing you are staying optimistic =). Made me feel good inside too!</p>
<p>Accepted to Yale but wait-listed at Harvard. </p>
<p>Ahhh the agony!! Harvard I love you and will always dream of you at Yale. You were my aspiration. Thanks for even considering me though. At least I have the honor of being on the wait list- even if the wait list is a nice tool for colleges to reject applicants :/.
You were always number one in my heartā¦ maybe for the wrong reason- but for whatever the reason you were still number one. To tell you the truth, I have no idea whatās a good school and whatās not. All this talk on these threads is kind of silly and meaningless. Nobody really knows whatās going on. </p>
<p>So to all my fellow Harvard wait-listers: I love you all! In another world we select few could have made it to Harvardā¦ the thought just blows my mind. </p>
<p>Thanks again Harvard :)</p>
<p>Could someone tell me how the waitlist process works?</p>
<p>Does the adcom call your house if you got in? Or do you just get mailed a big packet one day? Also, do they tend to admit people and send rejections for waitlistees at the same time? Or do they drop people off the list little by little and the admits only find out at by summertime?</p>
<p>Has anyone here known anyone accepted off a waitlist?</p>
<p>I think they call you if they accept you off the waitlist.</p>
<p>At some point, Harvard sends a polite letter letting waitlisted students know that Harvard isnāt taking any more students off its waitlist. From what Iāve seen on CC and in my city, those letters typically come in mid to late June.</p>
<p>Odds are that if youāre on the waitlist, youāre not going to get in. Iām guessing that 1 in 10 or fewer will get in off the waitlist, so fall in love with a school that accepted you. If you end up getting accepted by Harvard, you can fall in love with it all over again.</p>
<p>Well 1 in 10 is higher chances than getting into Harvard in the first place. And trying to fall in love with other schools.</p>
<p>Iām even honored to be on the wait list at Harvard rather than being flat-out rejected. I also got into Brown and Princeton, so I guess Iām not desperate to get off the wait list, but if I didā¦ that would be incredible.</p>
<p>@blissfulting. I should maybe rephrase that, 85 people were taken off the waitlist and put into the class of 2013. The rest were offered deferred admission.</p>
<p>Deferred admission? Not to be dense, but what is that? February admission or something like that?</p>
<p>Last year several (not many) waitlisted students were āZ-listedā (offered admit to the class of 2014) ā¦ I suppose the same could happen this year. I donāt know how I would react to such an offer :/</p>