"With no early applicants, U. will draw heavily on waitlist"

[GR_Elton]

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Therefore, during the regular round, most of those who applied to Yale and Stanford (those who weren’t accepted, which will be most, and those whose true preferences are Harvard or Princeton) will apply to Harvard and Princeton. Since the group will be a thorough mix of those whose preferences lie to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Stanford, and since they’ll be virtually indistinguishable, each school will have to act defensively. Even Harvard: as I noted earlier, their cross-admit pull will be significantly weakened. Therefore, I predict a substantially increased use of the waitlist. Each will then ask for a commitment in order to get off the waitlist, and it is at this point that the assortive matching will take over. It won’t be pretty, but it’ll allow each school to effectively manage its class without undue risk.

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