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05-07-2008, 07:20 PM
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#61 | | Junior Member
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| that this year's freshmen class is alreday full, and there are no value in waiting at all. I ask them if it's true, the assistant objected this assertation. | 
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05-07-2008, 07:50 PM
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#62 | | Senior Member
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| Like I said, we've had classes with far more students than expected in them that took kids off the wait list. It's based upon many things other than commitment cards, one of which is gap years, semesters off, students abroad, other school waitlists.
Another thing that was said yesterday is that we've attracted more Harvard co-admits than we have in years past, but no numbers at all were provided.
And of course, none of this was official. | |
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05-07-2008, 08:08 PM
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| I didn't post this as a kind of disagreement. I just hope to make myself feel more comfortable by get some good news. | |
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05-08-2008, 01:30 PM
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#64 | | Junior Member
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| thanks for clearing the confusion EtTuBrutus
It seems what modestmelody is saying in terms of cross-admits is true, i think Brown this year has relatively accepted more students and waitlisted less than its competitors (eg Harvard/Princeton) so the Brown class got filled up pretty fast. Explains why Harvard and Princeton have gone to waitlists so early, so there's more shuffling of students to be done | |
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05-08-2008, 01:42 PM
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| The other schools (especially Columbia) like to play a numbers game. They seem to be more prestigious or exclusive if they admit fewer applicants and have a low acceptance rate. The overall acceptance rate that is released does not change based upon their waitlist admits. Thus, they can boast a very low number yet still fill up their class using the waitlist. Brown, on the other hand, doesn't seem to play this game to the same extent. Rather, they attempt to fill their class up and then if they were incorrect about their matriculation estimate, they go to their waitlist. Which method is better is a personal opinion. However, it is for this reason that Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia jumped to their waitlists within days (even less for some) whereas Brown did not. | |
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05-08-2008, 01:44 PM
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| Yep xmobile, they seem to pride themselves on their superficial "selectivity". Though this isn't a good situation for us Brown waitlisters to be in  | |
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05-08-2008, 03:35 PM
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#67 | | Senior Member
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| I just called Brown. I asked the admissions person: "Are you using the waitlist this year?" She said: "We do not have the information as of yet."
Also, I asked when decisions come out. She said, "At the end of this month." | |
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05-08-2008, 09:59 PM
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| While Dartmouth has not made a public announcement, I talked to an admissions rep today and she said that it was clear that they reached their target class size and will not be going to their waitlist. They are still keeping it open, however, in case major trickledown occurs with Columbia, Harvard, and Yale, etc.'s waitlists. I'm hoping this won't be the case for Brown too... | |
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05-08-2008, 10:24 PM
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| hey! you pulled that quote from me! | |
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05-08-2008, 10:32 PM
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| remember how i said there might be a waitlist fall out due to HYPSM...looks like its very possible. Harvard is going to take 150 waitlisted kids, Yale 45 ish, Princeton about 90, and Penn about 90 (it could help i guess), so dont compleatly give up hope!
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05-08-2008, 10:43 PM
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| ..........all sad news..... | |
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05-08-2008, 10:45 PM
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| how so? (10) | |
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05-09-2008, 08:45 AM
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| Are those numbers at those other colleges for certain, Czar? | |
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05-09-2008, 10:45 AM
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| definitely not, because all of those schools will be affected by each other. When Harvard offers a spot to someone on their waitlist, maybe that kid was already going to yale, now he pulls out, yale needs to take another student who was going to commit to Penn, so now Penn takes another kid from the waitlist. Those numbers are probably very close to what they need if no one leaves the current class. | |
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05-09-2008, 02:38 PM
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| ^^^ yup. If you're wondering, i got those numbers from the WSJ article | |
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