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Why would any college care about the feelings of kids who apply?
Especially the Harvard's of this world who get "first pick". Harvard may not have known they were not taking from the waitlist until after they formed a waitlist - in other words did they waitlist EA applicants (they have EA right?) before knowing how the rest of the class would form.
I think colleges can go to the waitlist before May 1 when their yield is not what they would expect. If it gets to mid-April they certainly know from past data what they could expect to get by May 1.
My daughter is waitlisted. At not an elite school but a school that has "grown up" and gotten more popular over the past several years.
They have not gone to the waitlist yet but will "soon" - as per email last Friday.
I personally think if a college uses a "courtesy" waitlist it is demeaning and crueler than a rejection. I can't see any benefit to the school or the applicant. |