<p>Does anybody know how the waitlist works at Wesleyan? How many kids they might take and when that might happen?</p>
<p>I don't know how many people were placed on the waitlist this year, but sometimes they take a good number of students and other years they take noone. I have two kids who went to Wesleyan. The older one was admitted from the waitlist and didn't find out until late June. So..don't give up hope.</p>
<p>any tips for getting off the waitlist?</p>
<p>In general, keep them updated about any of your new acheivements...and your continued interest...</p>
<p>I was waitlisted tooo :(</p>
<p>Yeah, write a letter saying Wesleyan is your first choice (if it is), and explaining in explicit detail why you think Wes is a good fit.</p>
<p>does anybody know how long the waitlist is??? is it about 300?? more? less?</p>
<p>the letter says they have taken 11-70 applicants off the waitlist in the past</p>
<p>i'm hopeful b/c i love wes</p>
<p>It's easily twice that. Wesleyan waitlists a lot of people.</p>
<p>issue to consider:</p>
<p>last year wesleyan overenrolled its freshman class. there was a housing crunch and lots of problems. i don't know if they'll try to compensate this year.</p>
<p>however, to comfort you, i have friends who got in off the waitlist and love it :) so it's not impossible.</p>
<p>Ishuku: Wasn't the housing crunch tied to fewer students going abroad in the fall of 06 not an increase in the amount of freshman which remains constant in the range of 720?</p>
<p>i was waitlisted last year and got off probably later than anyone else here at wesleyan (early-mid july). send lots of letters showing your interest (which is standard), but do something that sets you apart. i have friends here who got off the waiting lists who sent in poetry about why they wanted to get in here, for example. i sent in a list of 200 reasons why they should let me in off the waiting list, none of which had anything to do with academic achievements, my activities, or traditional "intelligence". work it well enough and it might pay off</p>
<p>and the housing crunch this year with freshman wasn't due to the school over-enrolling the freshman class. wesleyan took quite a few people off the waiting list last year, hence they had complete control over the size of the class. the issue came about due to the number of juniors studying abroad / the university being stupid and selling off a number of houses that were once used as program houses / senior houses without finding adequate room for the people who would have lived there.</p>
<p>the rate of attrition was also much lower than expected, combined with a lower # of juniors studying abroad. however, more juniors are abroad this semester, so all of the triples were eliminated</p>
<p>Well, I've struggled and struggled and have finally made my decision. I'll be declining Wesleyan's offer and will attend Haverford. So -- that's good news for a wait lister! It's tough to turn down such a great school, but I know how happy someone will be to take my spot.</p>
<p>In the Wesleyan College ******* book it says that last year (?) wes had a total of 1000 people on their waitlist last year, 500 were offered admission, and 42 accepted. Does anyone know whether this is true or just a really mean typo?
50% seems like fantastic odds...</p>
<p>(i don't know why it censored that..)</p>
<p>I don't mean to burst your bubble, but those numbers sound drastically off to me... but it's definitely not impossible odds! Send the admissions office something to show how much you still want to be admitted.</p>
<p>That's really 500 people who stayed on the waitlist, and 42 who were eventually admitted. The following year the stats were: 1,200 offered a spot on the waitlist, 600 who stayed on, 90 who were eventually enrolled.
Good luck!</p>
<p>anybody hear anything?</p>
<p>Two people from my S's school were emailed with acceptances, one yesterday, one today.</p>