From colleagues, today:
Wustl
Cooper Union
Siena
College of Wooster (with merit)
daughter got this tonight:
Greetings from Mount Holyoke College!
We are writing to students on our waitlist who have indicated that Mount Holyoke is their top choice college. It is likely that we will be able to make offers of admission from the waitlist – potentially as early as May 1. If you remain interested in joining the Class of 2023, please use the waitlist reply form to let us know. If you have already committed to another college, please take a moment to indicate that change as well so that we may narrow the list of possible candidates for admission to those who still want to attend Mount Holyoke.
Thank you for your patience as we continue to monitor commitments and interest in the Class of 2023.
Davidson
Kenyon
JMU
Smith
@Rose2023 - yes, I suspect the scandal affected admissions this year. To what extent, I don’t know.
I’m really surprised to see Cooper Union on that list. Duke too.
Part of me wants everyone to tell the waitlist schools to sod off. Rationally, I know it’s probably hard for them to predict yield, but it’s also really hard on families to have the waitlist hanging over their heads sometimes many months after applying. And then having to lose the deposit - it’s aggravating.
Updated list:
American
Barnard
Cooper Union
College of Wooster
Davidson
Duke
Georgia Tech
James Madison
Kenyon
Lehigh
Pitt
Purdue
Siena
Smith
Uchicago
UCLA
UCSD
UMiami
Villanova
WUStL
WPI
Fordham
Adding that at least some portion of Wustl and Purdue are engineering. So interesting.
More from colleagues…
Middlebury
Bucknell
URochester
F&M
Dickinson
I’m finding this fascinating.
For the record, I think pulling from WL is better than over-enrollment. Over-enrollment can mean big headaches around housing especially and not a way you want to start with an incoming class.
Yield is hard to predict and it looks like so far a number of colleges were conservative in their admissions offers this year. As students apply to more and more colleges then yields generally are going to go down.
For the selective colleges on this list, my guess is they’ll be pulling a small number over the next week or 10 days and then their classes will be complete.
Case Western offered some Spring 2020 guarantees off WL. Nothing for Fall yet.
We definitely had 2 GT offers, Davidson, Barnard, and a Duke offer off WL at my DD’s school the past week. That seems crazy to me before May 1st.
Virginia Tech is NOT going to their wait list.
Middlebury
Fascinating!
This thread will get confusing. Waitlist-active vs. closed.
VT is closed.
JHU is closed
george washington’s waitlist is closed
NOT going to waitlist
George Washington
JHU
Virginia Tech
Wailists active:
American
Barnard
Bucknell
Case Western spring admits
Cooper Union
College of Wooster
Davidson
Dickenson
Duke
F&M
Fordham
Georgia Tech
James Madison
Kenyon
Lehigh
Middlebury
Pitt
Purdue
Siena
Smith
Uchicago
UCLA
UCSD
UMiami
Villanova
WPI
WUStL
I can tell you that Mt Holyoke waitlist is for certain active 