Waitlisted & the Statistical Chances of Getting In

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Can't find the Common Data set Posted but these reports are interesting and should be read by any one considering going to Connecticut College</p>

<p>Link to Report of the Student Recruitment and Retention Sub Committee
<a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/people/president/pluralism/report5.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.conncoll.edu/people/president/pluralism/report5.html&lt;/a>
Link to: Report of the Presidential Commission on a Pluralistic Community at Connecticut College
<a href="http://www.conncoll.edu/people/president/pluralism/html/index.htm#forward%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.conncoll.edu/people/president/pluralism/html/index.htm#forward&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>US News for Fall 2003
Qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 852
Applicants accepting a place on waiting list: 275
Students enrolled from waiting list: 37
Total Class Size 511
7.2% of Class came from the wait list</p>

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<p>Link to Common Data Set:
<a href="http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>2003
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List..........1987
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................NA
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................257
Total Class Size.....................................................4219
6.1% of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2002
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List...........2138
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................NA
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................190
Total Class Size.......................................................4169
4.6% of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>Wonderwall - NYU doesn't break out the Wait-List for particular programs.
(Actually, none of the Colleges do that.)
You should call them, let them know of your continued interest, and ask what your chances are for that program. They probably won't know until some time in May, but they may be able/willing to share what happened the last few years.</p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>Couldn't Locate the Common Data Set by searching on their website:
Link to general Info: <a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/overview/explore/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uiuc.edu/overview/explore/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>US News for Fall 2003
Qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 981
Applicants accepting a place on waiting list: 313
Students enrolled from waiting list: 0
Total Class Size 6811
0% of Class came from the wait list</p>

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<p>Link to Office of Institutional Research: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/oir/open/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/oir/open/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Common Data Set Link: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>2004
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List.........1239
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................NA
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................8
Total Class Size.....................................................1308
0.6% of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2003
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List..........814
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................NA
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................0
Total Class Size.............................................. .......1354
0% of Class came from the wait list</p>

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<p>sorry I posted to wrong thread</p>

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<p>Thanks both to Rich and Proud for so diligently responding to all these requests. My D was waitlisted at Pomona - and has accepted a place on the waitlist. Unfortunately there seems to be no information available for that school. Luckily she has lots of other great options and is getting on with making a decision from amont those other schools.</p>

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<p>Juana - You are right about wait list info not being readily available for Pomona College. They don't have the Common Data Set posted on line and US News lists N/A - no answer for the Wait List Questions.
Link to Profile of Class of 2008: <a href="http://www.pomona.edu/ADWR/Admissions/Forms/2008profile.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pomona.edu/ADWR/Admissions/Forms/2008profile.pdf&lt;/a>

That is, I believe, the best thing to do. There are so many Excellent Colleges beyond the "most selective" that a student can have a wonderful experience at.</p>

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<p>princeton please</p>

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<p>Common Data Set Link: <a href="http://registrar1.princeton.edu/data/common.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar1.princeton.edu/data/common.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>2004
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List...........1045
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................719
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................79
Total Class Size.............................................. .......1172
6.7 % of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2003
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List..........471
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................298
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................27
Total Class Size.............................................. .......1176
2.3 % of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2002
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List...........NA
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List....................NA
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.......................0
Total Class Size.............................................. .......1164
0 % of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2001
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List............NA
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List.....................0
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted.........................0
Total Class Size.............................................. .........1185
0 % of Class comes from the wait list</p>

<p>Look's Like they have started to use the Wait List in recent years. </p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>I was just waitlisted at NYU...Can anyone tell me if accepting a spot on the waitlist is AT ALL binding?</p>

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<p>2+2=5</p>

<p>You can't count on acceptance off the waitlist.
They can't bind you to matriculate, if and when they decide to let you in.</p>

<p>You will have already put in non-refundable deposit at some other school where you were accepted, which you, hopefully will have decided you love and want to attend.</p>

<p>Late May or June if and when you hear from the school that waitlisted you; you may decide to tell them - "Sorry, no - I've got someplace I like better to attend"</p>

<p>Good Luck and enjoy college where ever you attend!!</p>

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<p>anyone know about bucknell?</p>

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<p>goose05 - Bucknell is on page 6 post #117 this thread</p>

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<p>What about Wesleyan? Thanks.</p>

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<p>I tried the search technique you described on USC but came up with ????? Can you provide info on them?</p>

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<p>cza -
They don't seem to have Common Data Set info posted on the web.
And the listing in US News has N/A = No answer to the wait list questions.
Here's a link to their Profile Page:
<a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/profile.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/profile.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>One thing I did find is Wesleyan's Campus Crime statistics:
<a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/clerystats.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/clerystats.htm&lt;/a>
apparently the US Federal Government Requires Colleges to complile them.
Odd that they would choose post that on the web but not the Common Data Set.</p>

<p>Sorry.</p>

<p>You should make your continued interest known to Admissions. Perhaps they will be willing to share what the chances are.</p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>mauimom -
The Common Data Sets do not appear to be posted, but here is a link to USC Fact Book page: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>USC Student Facts Page: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/student_facts.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/about/factbook/student_facts.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The listing in US News has N/A = No answer to the wait list questions.</p>

<p>As a private institution they are not required to share information that they want to keep secret. They may fear that "the public" would mis-interpret it and be overly hopeful or pessimistic.</p>

<p>If your son of daughter was wait-listed and they still desire to attend USC, they should make this known to the Admissions Office and during the conversation ask what the chances are. (Better for the student to make the call, rather than a parent.) </p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>This is a link to the Consortium on Financing Higher Education Institutions and Links to their Web Resources: <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/institutional_research/cofhe.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/institutional_research/cofhe.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It has link to the web pages of many of the Colleges Institutional Research Offices. The Common Data Set and other institutional data and reports can be found here. All the Ivys, top LAC's, and many other top institutions are listed here.</p>

<p>This is a "Must Bookmark" page for anyone doing internet college research.</p>

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<p>Carleton please, I just got their wait-list letter</p>

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<p>What about Lafayette College? How many students are accepted from the waitlist?</p>