Hey! I thought I’d make this is so as the admissions process moves forward wait listed people could talk!
Waitlisted too, pretty bummed. Anyone have advice on filling out the postcard?
My daughter was waitlisted, too. If we wanted to wait, don’t we still have to accept somewhere else? Deadlines are May 1, yet Wake won’t hand out decisions on wait list prior to May 15? I’m confused. Makes me want to tell my daughter to move on.
@AJCMom You do have accept and put a deposit down somewhere else. I think all college deposits are non-refundable. Then if you do get off the waitlist and chose to accept you lose the deposit at the other school. Trying to get my son to move on and get excited about another school too.
@wfuwaitlisted Thanks for your reply. I will still send in the card and try for Wake, but still sing the praises of her other schools big time.
I got into Notre Dame but waitlisted at wake… college is a scam.
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D waitlisted from ED 2, week later was contacted by Development office. Got into other schools. Horrible process. These schools are ridiculous with their deferrals and waitlists.
@JoeRockhead so she has already received at call from the Wake office taking her off the waitlist?
I posted my stats on the Class of 2023 RD thread. Waitlisted and taking my name off electronically on April 1st. Good luck!
No. Still on waitlist.
Well this doesn’t sound good…
https://fromtheforest.admissions.wfu.edu/
Does anyone know if anyone got off the waitlist last yr? Last yr they sent out a similar email, but I don’t know if anyone got admitted off.
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@sebo45507 - unknown - Wake does not publish if they admit students from waitlist based on their common data set. They just report # of waitlisted and # who accept a place on the waitlist. I have been told that they only go to waitlist very late summer and only a few spots. Generally spots only open late ( students who pay deposit by May 1 but never notify Wake they are not going - therefore Wake doesn’t know until student doesn’t enroll/pay tuition.
I’m hoping the fact that Vandy, Duke, and ND are all supposedly going to their WL’s now may mean some movement at Wake - kids who had committed to Wake but get off one of the other lists and decide to give up their Wake spot.
Someone at D’s hs got off ND waitlist yesterday
I don’t think they went to the waitlist last year. If they do it is a couple of people and not a lot. Love the school that loves you back and get excited abut your new school. It all works out somehow 
well thats a shame. looks like wake filled up its class as expected.
How do you know that they wait until late summer? I know that Vandy, WashU, and Northwestern used their waitlists bcs my friends got off the waitlst.
Wake posted this on their admissions blog on 5/2 so it looks like they won’t be using the waitlist going forward.
“At this time, we are not reviewing applications and have no immediate plans to admit additional students off of our active wait list.”
Has anyone heard of anyone getting a call for the wait list? I know they had no immediate plans to go to it, but I’m wondering if they have had any slots open up.