Waitlistee Discussion THread

<p>Hey all, just thought I'd make a topic for those of us who got waitlisted.</p>

<p>I'm pretty blown, but I'm still waiting for the rest of my decisions, Wes was one of my top schools, but it's the first one I heard back from and I'm happy that I didn't get rejected, because i feel like that means I'm within striking distance of the other colleges I'm waiting on. I'm definitely gonna stay on this one if I get rejected/listed from the rest though.</p>

<p>So how does everyone feel? What are you doing in regards to the decision? And does anyone know Wesleyan's waitlist stats?</p>

<p>Son just came home for lunch (we live in San Diego) to check and found out he was waitlisted. Definitely disappointing – this was his first non-acceptance – but there’s still hope… We had already planned a trip back east in April to visit other colleges, and I think we’ll still visit Wes, as he’s never seen it. And we’ll keep our fingers crossed… Wishing Luigi and all waitlistees the best – maybe Wes will take a bunch of waitlistees this year – you never know!</p>

<p>I was waitlisted too. Does anyone know how many are accepted off the waitlist?
I’m international, but I’d appreciate any stats, thanks.</p>

<p>Waitlisted here too. Anyone know what we could do at this point to strengthen our case?</p>

<p>The letter I saw said that in past years they’ve accepted as many as 90 and as few as 11 people off the waiting list.</p>

<p>Seems like it’s all in the air now, who knows how many spots there will be this year. Cross our fingers haha.</p>

<p>Good luck everyone!</p>

<p>http://**************.com/wesleyan-university/statistics/
EDIT: the above address is for a student-based site where colleges do what panthers do. <_<
This site quoted these numbers for Wesleyan
Applicants Placed: 1,236
Applicants Accepting: 441
Students Enrolled: 97</p>

<p>Looks like these numbers ARE for a peak year though.</p>

<p>Wesleyan’s total number of applicants this year dropped by something like 6%, so that could mean more room for the waitlisted (potentially?)</p>

<p>waitlisted here too. anyone know (around) how many people they usually waitlist a year?</p>

<p>S was waitlisted too. Like knoits we would like to have some idea of how many applicants have been waitlisted. In reality, S is lucky since he has an acceptance at Haverford.</p>

<p>Waitlisted but won’t be accepting my place. Got into Swat so I’ll be headed that way I think.</p>

<p>From the Common Data Set C2 for 2010-2011, I believe Wesleyan offered waitlisting to 1,859 students. A total of 88 students were ultimately offered acceptances from that list. This is a successful transition rate of 0.47%.</p>

<p>But you have to consider the number of students who accepted places on the waiting list. About half didn’t.</p>

<p>Congrats raiderade! I wanted to go to Swat so bad (got rejected).</p>

<p>You also have to consider that many people go onto a waiting list and proceed to fall in love with their second choice school, then they stop sending stuff in or if they do, when they’re offered admission they refuse.</p>

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<p>No, it’s just a bit under 5%. Watch your decimal places and don’t go scaring the Waitlisters!</p>

<p>Waitlisted too. Too many kids from my school (4) were accepted early decision (and another 40 or so applied RD). So waitlisted for RD didn’t seem too bad (others were mostly rejected). Still…while I’d love to go, I’m not counting on it. Seems too iffy</p>

<p>Waitlisted also…this sucks guys. But keep your heads up! Who here accepted a place on the waiting list at Wesleyan?1</p>

<p>Some info from the Wesleyan website on being waitlisted:
[Waitlist</a> Questions, Admission - Wesleyan University](<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/volunteers/waitlist.html]Waitlist”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/volunteers/waitlist.html)</p>

<p>Are there any rules with waitlists? If we’ve been waitlisted by more than one college, can we only accept one college’s offer of waitlist? I’m confused…</p>

<p>From the link that BillyBamf posted: </p>

<p>“Most activity on the waiting list will take place in early May, once we have heard from all the students we have admitted. However, there is an inevitable ‘ripple effect’ when other colleges go to their waiting lists and some of those who deposited at Wesleyan choose to accept an offer off the waiting list from another school. So, these waves can go on for quite a while (affecting fewer and fewer students) until the end of June.”</p>

<p>So yeah, you can accept your spot on multiple waitlists…I believe.</p>

<p>Anyway, this blows so much. I honestly thought I’d get in. I guess I didn’t show enough interest in Wesleyan. I visited but never interviewed. I’m thinking that’s what did me in, especially when there’s no supplemental essay to articulate my affection for Wes specifically. Luckily, out of the five schools I applied to, Wesleyan was fourth on the list–so I guess their decision reflected my interest pretty accurately. But the feeling of what’s pretty much rejection (you’re qualified, but for whatever reason they won’t take you) still stings. I’m simply not used to it. I even watched that mediocre movie “Accepted” on Comedy Central yesterday, and it seemed better than ever.</p>

<p>But to anyone who had Wes as one of their top choices: good luck in the future. I truly, truly hope you’re admitted to the school of your dreams, be it Wesleyan or not.</p>