<p>^</p>
<p>sounds like ZFanatic has an acceptance elsewhere.</p>
<p>(didn't you apply to more than 1 school?)</p>
<p>S will be sending in 4 "will not be attending" cards...including one to Vandy,
should he get accepted.</p>
<p>never mind, deleting post.</p>
<p>Well I applied without knowing a whole bunch about the school, all I knew is that I wanted one top 20 school in the South to apply to, and decided on Vandy. Had an interview after applying, talked with some people, did some more reading, got into several other schools I'd much rather go to, namely Cornell and McGill, and decided it wasn't the place for me.</p>
<p>I understand. But I just don't like when people apply to schools they don't know much about. You could bump someone else out who actually wants to attend the school.</p>
<p>You can't honestly expect someone to know everything about every school they're applying to. I wanted a school in the south in case I decided I didn't want to go up North, or if that was a place I wanted to attend.</p>
<p>It's really no different than having safety schools... Except that Vandy isn't a safety... I just wanted options, and I've pretty much made up my mind. Nothing wrong with choosing not to go somewhere. There'll be like 7 or 8 or 9 schools that I will be turning down. It's not as if I had no intention of going there, it just wasn't my first choice.</p>
<p>noone really "bumps" anyone from a school. if there was one extra qualified person but all allocated slots were filled, i'm sure admissions would make a one-kid exception. It basically comes down to if you're what admissions is looking for, you get in. If you're not, you don't.</p>
<p>No, not one person. I'm talking about if an aggregate amount of a couple hundred people do the same. Vandy is strictly common app. Some people could apply on a whim to Vandy doing no extra work other than paying the application fee.</p>
<p>And yet, apparently, adcoms take "fit" into consideration. Thom did write, in response to someone's comment on the VU Blog, that also considered in an application is "-A basic summary of the first and second reads of your application (which conveys academically how strong you have done overall, as well as an assessment of your personal intangibles, your fit with VU and the academic environment here)." Though, I'm not sure how they can tell the difference in fit between someone who really wants to go there versus someone who just applied to apply [assuming they had similar stats/ECs/what have you], unless they wrote an extra "Why Vandy" essay (and that might not even be included in the reader comments, and thereby disregarded). I am curious, though.</p>
<p>which comes down to yield.</p>
<p>Vandy know x % accepted will not attend.</p>
<p>While I know that it would be ridiculous for people to get angry at others for applying to schools that they don't know all that much about, I suggest trying to see it from our point of view, which is seeing some one quickly turn down the school of our dreams. Not to mention the fact if we become denied, while another person who is accepted decides not to attend. But, these circumstances are just all part of the college game, I guess.</p>
<p>accepted: cry for a minute
waitlisted: cry for the night
rejected: cry for a week</p>
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While I know that it would be ridiculous for people to get angry at others for applying to schools that they don't know all that much about, I suggest trying to see it from our point of view, which is seeing some one quickly turn down the school of our dreams. Not to mention the fact if we become denied, while another person who is accepted decides not to attend. But, these circumstances are just all part of the college game, I guess.
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I would be p1ssed off too but that is what the waitlist is for. I've gotten into both Columbia and Vandy so I will basically call vandy and say no thanks and that frees up a spot for someone who does want to go</p>
<p>I suggest trying to see it from our point of view, which is seeing some one quickly turn down the school of our dreams. </p>
<p>You're right, I applied to Vandy in hopes of stealing all of your guy's spots. You know, I'm annoyed that a bunch of people get to go to McGill and took up all their scholarship money and so I can't afford to go, but I've accepted it. BTW, it's my dream school. Moreso than Cornell.</p>
<p>A CANADIAN COLLEGE!?!?!? Freak. ;)</p>
<p>I'm just being retarded, you guys. I didn't mean to be mean.</p>
<p>I have a feeling Vandy will use the waitlist A LOT this year, which is good news. But we'll find that out in about a month.</p>
<p>I agree, it's going to be crazy waitlist heavy this year everywhere, but especially at Vandy. They for sure cannot have more people matriculate than there are beds at the Commons, but having significantly less matriculate is financially risky for them. Waitlist is clearly a tool to use in this situation.
Thank God I applied ED, I'd go crazy on a waitlist.</p>
<p>MCGILL?!!??!?!?!?
why would anyone turn down anything to go to McGill?</p>
<p>I live in Canada and all the universities here (probably like 20? in total) are so lameeee</p>
<p>all you need to apply to a university ----> transcript. no essays. no recommendation letters.
that's it. 1 piece of document(at least for canadians)
and if you have over 86% average, you can get into any university here in Canada</p>
<p>~
MCGILL?!!??!?!?!?
why would anyone turn down anything to go to McGill?
~</p>
<p>Why would you turn down anything to go to Vandy?</p>
<p>Because it's where you want to go.</p>
<p>I'm probably not going to McGill anyway since I got into Cornell, but there is absolutely nothing wrong at all with going to McGill, nor is there anything wrong with going to Vandy. It's a matter of personal preference.</p>
<p>"noone really "bumps" anyone from a school. if there was one extra qualified person but all allocated slots were filled, i'm sure admissions would make a one-kid exception. It basically comes down to if you're what admissions is looking for, you get in. If you're not, you don't."</p>
<p>For undergraduate admissions, this is simply not true (graduate is a different story). There are only so many beds to fill. This "extra qualified person" would find themselves on the wait list. Adcoms see tons of students who have what is needed to get in and most of them get left out.</p>
<p>For those of you who are "afraid" of the waitlist, from what I have gathered MANY students were waitlisted here and eventually matriculated (myself included).</p>
<p>Don't worry too much, but do not let yourself fall into the grand illusion that the adcom will make an exception.</p>
<p>Meh, don't be so worried about getting "bumped" out. Just make sure that you're the bumper, not the bumpee</p>
<p>easier said than done</p>
<p>Considering I've been rejected from uchicago, duke, rice, and berkeley, wled to northwestern/washu, </p>
<p>accepted: breathe a sigh of relief
waitlisted: throw a lighter object
rejected: throw a heavy object</p>