Waiting List Decision Thread

[BB012]

I didn't get any letter...

[Rot_Drache]

I didn't get anything either. In fact the one and only email that I have ever received from Carleton is the confirmation email for my place in the waitlist.

And I'm from Nepal.........

[Northern Lights]

I talked to someone in the admissions office to make sure they knew that I wanted to stay on the waitlist. This could go out as far as another month! I can't handle that . . . Transfer admission to Carleton is very competitive, each year only a handful get in out of 200 applicants. In a perfect world we'd all be able to go to college where we want, but alas it is not so.

Did everyone receive the second mailing regarding the waitlist or not? Especially domestic students, since it could take longer to get things to internationals.

[BB012]

I emailed Carleton and they told that they have sent a letter to me last week, but they forwarded it via email anyways since I am International ...It's basically a letter telling me that they wont be able to offer a place to me this year, as they have attained their targeted class size...So I guess those who have been offered to stay even now do have a chance of getting in! Best of luck to all...

[Northern Lights]

Anyone hear anything? Call the admissions office to see if they are possibly turning to the waitlist?

[magpie]

My son got the same letter that Intparent mentioned on May 18th:

"Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer admission to any candidate on our Waiting List, as our freshman class is full.

It is my understanding that some of the colleges with which we regularly compete for students have recently admitted or may admit some students from their Waiting Lists. This possibility leads us still to have some hope that we will be able to make a few additional offers of admission between now and about June 30. Though I do not want to raise your hopes too high, that small possibility does exist."

Did everyone get the same letter and has anyone gotten any new news. Approx 600 WL spots were offered in the IVY's so the dominoes will fall. It is simply a question of when and where.

[intparent]

D hasn't heard anything yet. But as lunitari posted on 5/26, the class was slightly overenrolled, so I think they would need to get down below that 490 number before offering any waitlist slots (or if they got fewer transfer acceptances than they expected, then maybe that could open up a few spots). D is just enjoying grad parties and planning to start her summer job next week, doesn't seem to be worrying too much.

[Northern Lights]

I still haven't heard anything. I received the same letter as above. What are you guys thinking? Any optimism left? I think if any activity happens it will be in the next week to ten days.

[intparent]

D got a letter from Carleton today. In summary, it says that because of the protracted waitlist process nationally, they may go out beyond June 30 with waitlist activity. Their class is still at capacity, with no openings, and they have had fewer changes to date than they anticipated. But they do know from talking to colleagues at other institutions that the other schools are still making waitlist offers that may affect Carleton's class. So it still sounds like they haven't taken anyone off the waitlist, but there is a thread of hope... They will notify her immediately by phone or e-mail if an available space occurs, and will write again in mid-July with an update. Sigh...

So I have a question for anyone who might have insight. The college she has sent her deposit to has sent info on their payment plan, and the first payment is due July 30. She also has a scholarship from a local organization, and they want to know by the end of June where to send the money. Obviously I will call the scholarship org and ask if they can hold the money until we know for sure where she is going. But once we send that payment to the other college due July 30, we wouldn't have any way to get that back, right? I will ask her guidance counselor and maybe call the college, but just wondered if anyone here knows.

[Hindoo]

Good luck to your daughter, intparent. I hope things work out for her with Carleton. ... My older daughter was waitlisted at Carleton two years ago, while her younger sister was accepted last year. Both were comparable in terms of grades, test scores, etc. Who the heck knows the how or why of waitlisting? (Older D is now at College of Wooster--and quite happy, I might add! Just returned from study abroad in Italy.) ... Just as an interesting aside, I heard that Maria Shriver got in trouble after Tim Russert's memorial service the other day. Russert's son, Luke, just graduated from Boston College, and in her talk, Shriver mentioned that her daughter had applied to BC this year and was waitlisted. (She'll be attending USC, instead.) Apparently the daughter threw a fit that her mother had announced to the world about her wait-listing at Boston C!

[intparent]

Thanks, Hindoo. D is a pretty balanced kid, and does not seem phased by the uncertainty. She has a very consuming summer job teaching inner city kids, and is the type who will probably be happy wherever she goes. D probably wouldn't have an issue at all with the world knowing she was waitlisted (in fact, she was trying to get on the NPR show Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! recently, and she said, "Maybe if I get on and mention that Carleton is my first choice school and I am waitlisted there, and then I send a copy of the podcast to Carleton, it would help me get in!"). A creative thought, but so far Wait, Wait hasn't returned her call :-)

[limner]

intparent, I'm so sorry that there hasn't been any waitlist movement yet. I can understand your and your D's tension.

I would ask about tuition refunds on the Parent forum if you don't get an answer here. Good luck!

Hindoo, did your younger D's acceptance to C create any sibling turbulence? (Asking from a home with plenty of it, even though the kids are 9 years apart!)

[Hindoo]

No, fortunately not. Older daughter was not dead-set on Carleton, though younger daughter was. It's all good now!

[Northern Lights]

I received the same letter. I'm really bummed because it seems the chances are shrinking if they haven't had as much movement as expected. I so regret not applying ED now, because the school I'm going to (assuming Carleton doesn't work out) is not as captivating to me. Not everyone is meant to be a Carl I guess.

[intparent]

D got a thin letter in the mail from Carleton today. She is out of town until tomorrow afternoon, so can't say for sure what is in it until she gets home. My assumption is that it is the final kiss-off letter from the waitlist. Will post more when she opens it...