<p>I have been waitlisted at 4 Ivies and accepted into one.</p>
<p>My first and second choice is within the waitlisted ones. Now I am wondering what can I do right now?</p>
<p>Am I allowed to accept to the Ivy I got in and later if it turns out that I got moved from the waitlist can I accept that offer, after accepting the first one?</p>
<p>How does this work?</p>
<p>I believe is they review ur whole APP</p>
<p>maybe request ****</p>
<p>then luck</p>
<p>I was more asking if it is allowed to accept a place at the school where I was admitted and consequently, if recieved an offer from another school, to attend that one instead. Even if it means a loss of deposit.</p>
<p>Yes. You are allowed to accept a place at a college that has accepted you and stay on the waitlist for a higher choice. You may lose your deposit at college 1.</p>
<p>Yes, and even if you dont get the deposit back, it would be nice to notify the school you wont be attending.</p>
<p>reptil: what you’re describing is exactly how it works. Reply affirmative and make deposit to the one that chose you (assuming you wish to attend there) and reply affirmative to any of the schools you were waitlisted at that you’d still consider attending if they gave you an offer. You’re not violating anything in this fashion.</p>
<p>If one of the WL schools does make an offer to you and you accept, then you withdraw from the first school. I assume that you’d withdraw from the other WL’s too.</p>
<p>I suppose a situation could occur where your 2nd choice school makes an offer to you – then could you still remain on the 1st choice school’s WL? I dunno.</p>
<p>In general, a WL is essentially a “polite rejection.” Move on.</p>
<p>^I wouldn’t lose all hope, Harvard took hundreds from their wait list last year and the trickle down effect caused all ivies to take many. They’ve now adjusted their numbers to understand what not having EA does to yield, but this year’s wild card is the economy so who knows?</p>
<p>All responses here are greatly appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>digmedia, what do you have to say about the 230-240 who got admitted to Harvard after having their names on the waitinglist?</p>
<p>Further, how do you think the financial crysis will affect the enrollment of the acceptees?</p>
<p>How many are on the waitinglist? 500, 750, 1000?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I do stand corrected. In 2007, only 50 people were accepted from the waitlist. Last year, they only got a 76% yield, and had to take more than 200 from the waitlist. So who knows about this year. These are not normal times.</p>
<p>What I really meant was the “move on” part. If you do come off the waitlist, THEN make a decision, but do not decide now what to do based on the possibility of being accepted from the WL.</p>
<p>I read for like Princeton they have like 1,500 waitlisted and only accept 85</p>
<p>I’ve got a whole bunch of waitlist questions. ;)</p>
<p>If you get accepted somewhere off the waitlist, are you obligated to go?</p>
<p>Can you stay on the waitlist at multiple schools?</p>
<p>How does financial aid work?</p>
<p>No, you’re not obligated to go but most of the time you just have a few days to make up your mind.</p>
<p>You can stay on as many lists as you want.</p>
<p>Many schools that are need blind or admissions are not need blind for the waitlist. It’s a college by college decision. It is thought by many that this year students who can pay in full will be favored when it comes to the wait lists as the colleges really need the money.</p>
<p>You can also phone each WL school to ask what is your number on the WL. Some have a ranking already while others say if a space reopens they review the whole WL crowd again holistically. In other words, if they lose a hoped-for bassoonist, they might search the WL for another musician to replace; if they lose someone from Alaska they might look there or in Maine if what they want is to find someone from a remote town. I’m obviously making up those examples. Or more generally, if they lose someone with arts strengths, they’re more likely to look there within the entire group; if they lose a scientist, they’ll look in that direction. If they speak of “holistic review” I’d imagine something along those lines.</p>
<p>Some people will be running around asking people to write more letters for them to get them off of WL’s. We never went into that, but I know some take that approach. If others have experience with that, it might be worth sharing. </p>
<p>You can find out from some schools by phone: “you’re number 90 on the WL and last year we took 3” or the other way around but it gives you some idea where you stand.</p>
<p>Then surprising things happen. One of my kids was packing in August for college (his #2 choice) when an Ivy phoned him to offer his place off the WL but with “February admission.” That meant he would start at the college (or go nowhere until Feb), begin that Ivy in Feb and not be guaranteed housing on campus. He learned that this is a way they lock in people to account for Freshman attrition and Jr.Year Abroad absences in springtime. </p>
<p>He decided right away not to accept this, saying he didn’t want to go to college A and not get involved because in a few months he’d be moving to Ivy B.</p>
<p>In May, he also removed himself from one Ivy WL because he felt certain he wouldnt accept even if they offered. That’s a courtesy to others not to take up a place that another might prize if offered. </p>
<p>This was also before the economy changed so much.</p>
<p>End story: he went to the college and never looked back, writing in October “if I had known how happy I’d be at this #2 choice, it would have been my first choice right from the beginning.” He had a great 4 years there.</p>
<p>If you still want to go to the school, send an email/letter with any updates and a statement that says you will definitely go if admitted and why the school is good for you and what you would bring to the school (check to see if updates are allowed, at some schools it specifically says not to do this). </p>
<p>I have a question about waitlists. I’ve been accepted into a really great school, which I’m pretty sure I want to go to. But, I’ve never visited, so for all I know I may end up hating it there. I got waitlisted at another great school, but I’d only consider it if I ended up really disliking my #1 choice when I visit (late this month). The update form is due soon, and most people admitted off the waitlist send a letter saying how they’ll go if admitted. In my update letter, should I say something like that (it may end up being true) or would that be really immoral? I don’t want to end up hating my #1 choice and end up not getting admitted at my current waitlist school and then have to drop down all the way to my state flagship school.</p>
<p>People have mentioned admissions off waitlists are not need-blind. I’m sending a letter with updates to a school I’ve been waitlisted at. Should I mention that I will be paying full tuition without any aid? Is there a way to do this that is not tacky?</p>
<p>To hell with “tacky”. If they’re not playing a game anymore, neither should you.</p>