Waitlisted

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bentley University
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<p>“Dear BelleReve:
The Admission Committee has completed is review of applications for the freshman class entering Bentley in Fall 2006. Over 6,000, students, the highest number in the college’s history, applied for the 880 openings in the class, resulting in a very competitive applicant pool. We regret that we were not able to admit as many qualified candidates as we would have desired.
The Admission Committee remains very interested in you, and I am writing to offer you a place on our wait list for Fall 2006. During the weeks ahead, we will carefully monitor our freshman enrollment. Unfortunately, we must wait for the enrollment numbers to settle after May 1st before we can render a final decision for you. We expect to make additional admission offers to students on our wait list between May 5th and May 15th, space permitting…”</p>

<p>880/6000? That’s like a 15 percent acceptance rate! Collegeboard says there were 937 First-time degree-seeking freshmen last year. Anyone else find this odd?</p>

<p>Link to Common Data Set: <a href=“http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/ir/handydata/index.html[/url]”>http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/ir/handydata/index.html</a></p>

<p>2003
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List…952
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…807
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…60
Total Class Size… …955
6.3 % of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2002
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List…1106
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…936
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…8
Total Class Size… …912
0.9 % of Class came from the wait list</p>

<p>2001
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List…1251
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…1046
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…131
Total Class Size… …851
15.4 % of Class comes from the wait list</p>

<p>2000
Number of qualified Applicants Placed on Wait List…853
Number Accepting a Place on the Wait List…744
Number of wait-listed Students Admitted…6
Total Class Size… …932
0.6 % of Class comes from the wait list</p>

<p>If anyone has a success story about getting off the waitlist, please share.</p>

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<p>what were your stats? Actually it is a 40% acceptance rate so out of 6,000 that apply a little under 3,000 are accepted and approximately 850 - 950 enroll.</p>

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<p>1980 on the New SAT (V670/M600/W710)
Weighted 3.64 GPA .....equates to about 83 average which I know is low
rank 81/400
President and Founder of Model United Nations
President of Art Club
Executive board member of Alliance Against Racism
Academic Decathlon Starter, won a couple of medals, school placed 3rd at State Finals this year
volunteer counselor at summer camp for two summers
bunch of other ECs
good recs
essay was a poem....that might have been risky I think</p>

<p>I'm thinking of scheduling an interview but perhaps that might make me seem desperate? Or very interested. I don't know...</p>

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<p>I'm surprised you were waitlisted with such a high SAT score. Your gpa maybe kind of low but I'm assuming you took some AP/advanced courses.</p>

<p>I don't know, but it seems they are becoming a lot more selective with their recent classes.</p>

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<p>hang in there, expressing your desire to go IF this is your top choice, is a good idea, but be sure it is your #1 school if you decide to go that route.</p>