<p>What a surprise to hear the waitlist is being used this year, as it wasn't last year (05/06) and I don't think it was the prior year either.]]</p>
<p>Not really. Many colleges are admitting fewer students during regular admission and going to the waitlist to get their <em>yield</em> number up for the USNews ranking. A college has 100% yield from waitlisted students, which is averaged in the aggregate. ED percentages are much higher at many colleges for the same reason. The ED admit percentages are as high as 35%</p>
<p>Holyoke also dropped the SAT requirement to increase apps, SAT averages and b/c they don't believe the SAT is a good indicator of future success--they're correct. So did Midd. Colgate no longer requests SAT subject tests in order to increase apps and lower acceptance rates. Bates and Bowdoin never required SATs. Bowdoin and Bates realized years ago SATs were not a good predictor of how well a student will do in college. The students who didnt submit SATs at Bates (lowest percentiles) had a gpa within .1% of the students with the highest SATs.</p>
<p>Does everyone already have their mhc email address? I should be getting my mhc acceptance packet/info. soon. Will my email address be included? </p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>I basically just really want to join the mhc facebook community! haha</p>
<p>Good Luck at Mount Holyoke, Paris. I hope to see you there at Orientation. I remember the excitement that I felt when I received my acceptance letter in the mail. Congratulations Again!</p>
<p>roadlesstraveled - Is yield from the waitlist really 100%? I have a friend who was offered off Vassar's waitlist, but decided to keep his SIR to Middlebury. However, it looks like another college tried to contact him about his waitlist today, but he missed it. (International student) Do colleges consider a student's interest mainly after May 1st when it comes to the waitlist, because by then a student may be so enamored by their enrolled school and drop off the face of the Earth? (I hope this makes sense.)</p>
<p>Your friend was very unusual. Students who stay on waitlists are in most instances <em>praying</em> for the /call/ Maybe I should have said 99% acceptance rate. Students dont stay on waitlists unless they actually want to attend the college. Also, the offers are made by phone. For all practical purposes, admissions officers dont log each call. Only those who indicate they will matriculate are offered a place in the class, which translates into a 100% return of a requested deposit. I realize a great deal of what I said is a matter of interpretation. But when it pertains to helping with the rankings, colleges will use the most self-serving interpretation, even if the facts are parsed a bit, to further their cause. Midd is famous for that. Their stated SATs are for <em>admitted</em> students, not matriculated kids. Hence, the average SAT of a Midd kid is much lower than presented to US News</p>
<p>You can call me RLT..save the bandwidth. :)</p>