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Justamom, kids and parents do feel better about being waitlisted over being rejected
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well my daughter is waitlisted and I don't feel better about it and neither does she. The limbo is not healthy and she can't move on. She is not a legacy and is very competitive for admission.
This school has been her #1 school which is why she accepted the waitlist offer. I personally think she was not admitted because her jr year grades were "poor" - she had health problems and missed a lot of school.
Anyway a lot of kids who apply to very selective schools apply here as well -
application stats last year were:
9330 applications - this year nearly 9500
3869 acceptances for a class of 1286.
Now get this they waitlisted 1211 applicants last year and pulled in 39 off the waitlist.
What we don't know is how many on the waitlist got offers for them to get 39.
But - I find it hard to believe you need to make a waitlist the size of the freshman class and that you need to have a list of 1200 to get 39 acceptances.
Do a lot of kids stay on the waitlist just so they don't get a rejection and then reject the waitlist offer?
I am trying to explain to my D that she doesn't have a chance but she is holding out hope. yuk.