Waitlisted & the Statistical Chances of Getting In

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<p>In response to some of the questions</p>

<p>the universities do not break down
the waitlisted and Admit #s by colleges.</p>

<p>Yes there is a slight better chance
of being admitted if you take into
consideration the #s of students
that accepted a waitlist spot compared
to the #s placed on waitlist relative
to students admitted.</p>

<p>Very small chance.</p>

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<p>Davidson college please...</p>

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<p>Wellesley
W=708
A=93</p>

<p>Boston College
W=5000
A=200</p>

<p>Colby
W=651
A=6</p>

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<p>Davidson
W=n/a
A=2</p>

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<p>Stonehill?</p>

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<p>Stonehill
W=723
A=53</p>

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<p>UGA had a waitlist for the first time last year (probably why it's not in your book, proud2bherdad)
Anyway
Offered the waitlist: 1000
Accepting spot on WL: 700
Number admitted: 450</p>

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<p>University Of Rochester</p>

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<p>i am kinda confused on how waitlisting works......
if ur wait listed... they let u know after may 1 if ur accepted
but by may 1 u have to let ONE of the colleges that u were accepted to if u wanna go
therefore, if the college that wait listed u decides to accept u after may 1 what do u do?
because u already told another college (the one that u were accepted to) that u were going to attend their college in the fall</p>

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<p>Emory University?</p>

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<p>these #s are for 2 years ago, not last year. Last year (for example), Midd took more than 70 from the waitlist...</p>

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<p>William and Mary?</p>

<p>(Although it probably doesn't matter, because they seem to take instate kids off the list before oos to balance things out...)</p>

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<p>U of Rochester
W=1167
A=126</p>

<p>Emory
W=500
A=70</p>

<p>W + M
W=1534
A=9</p>

<p>Someone noted that these #s
are two yrs old. That may be
correct. Are they obsolete &
worthless? No. The colleges
& universities are playing numbers
game. The #s of students that
are accepted & enroll are very
important to their USNews ratings.
Therefore, you have ED accepted
students and waitlisted students
that are accepted as a positve
contributtions to the school's
yield. Unfortunately,the waitlisted
student needs some form of hook
to get admitted.</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg College please.</p>

<p>Also, you don't happen to have any Tuition Exchange waitlist numbers, do you? If you do, could I find out those numbers for Skidmore College?</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg
W=1000
A=7</p>

<p>Here is an interesting stat.
Muhlenberg accepted 1743
students & placed 1000
on the wait list. Muhlenberg
total # of applicants
= 4111. 67% of their
applicants were either admitted
or waitlisted, but yet USNews
ranks them as a more difficult
school to get into. Seriously,
any school that considers 67%
of their applicants as qualified
perspective students can not be
more difficult to get in. It's
all about manipulating the numbers
@ the expense of the current
senior class of 17 & 18 year old
students. Go Figure.</p>

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<p>Sorry, no #s on Tuition Exchange waitlist.</p>

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<p>Class Entering Fall 2004</p>

<p>From an article in "The Daily Northwestern" May 12, 2004</p>

<p>
[quote]
Dixon wrote that university officials expected to dip into its pool of wait-listed students this year, which was almost twice as long as last year's.</p>

<p>"Since our recent history is one of overshooting the size of the class, we did admit somewhat fewer students than in previous years with a strong hunch that we would use the wait list," Dixon wrote. "So, the plan seems to be developing just as we had projected."</p>

<p>Article indicated they needed to get 25 more students from a wait list of about 500 students.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>Link to Full Article
<a href="http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/12/40a1e160bcf63?in_archive=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/12/40a1e160bcf63?in_archive=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Class entering Prior Years:
Fall 2003
Qualified Applicants Placed on Waiting List..776
Number Accepting Place on Waiting List.....330
Number of Wait-Listed Students Admitted..102</p>

<p>Fall 2002
Qualified Applicants Placed on Waiting List..700
Number Accepting Place on Waiting List.....350
Number of Wait-Listed Students Admitted......1</p>

<p>Fall 2001
Qualified Applicants Placed on Waiting List..600
Number Accepting Place on Waiting List.....300
Number of Wait-Listed Students Admitted.....11</p>

<p>Fall 2000
Qualified Applicants Placed on Waiting List..725
Number Accepting Place on Waiting List.....395
Number of Wait-Listed Students Admitted......5</p>

<p>Source for stats Common Data Set
<a href="http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>"Since our recent history is one of
overshooting the size of the class,
we did admit somewhat fewer
students than in previous years
with a strong hunch that we would
use the wait list," Dixon wrote. "
So, the plan seems to be developing
just as we had projected."</p>

<p>Call me cynical, but the above is a
nice spin on the plan to make the
yield more attractive for USNews rankings.</p>

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<p>Interesting #s relative to admitted
students from Northwestern's
wait list.</p>

<p>2000=1
2001=11
2002=1
2003=102</p>

<p>Yet, Numbers Accepting Place
on Waiting List are in line for
each of those 4 years.</p>

<p>Why the big jump in admits
from the wait list from single
digits to triple digits?</p>

<p>Is it safe to say that next years
admits from the wait list are going
to be in the triple digits?</p>

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<p>Since yield dosn't factor into US New rankings any more, I think the biggest factor is Dorm Space. Making sure they aren't over enrolled for the number of room they have available. ( Nobody likes to be in a Tripple Room that was built for two students) Also having sufficent Class room space. Enough staff for Freshman writing seminars etc... ( Or maybe I'm naive..)</p>