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Old 05-19-2008, 11:32 PM   #931
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I got in off the Wake Forest waitlist today! That will open up another spot at the University of Richmond.
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Old 05-20-2008, 09:54 AM   #932
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Brown is definitely active -someone from another forum got in
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Old 05-20-2008, 10:10 AM   #933
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anxious428: what do you mean by "first rounds"?
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Old 05-20-2008, 10:10 AM   #934
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I don't know if this has already mentioned, but this article claims an unusual number of students will be let off the waitlist this year:

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Old 05-20-2008, 12:30 PM   #935
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Adding Brown to the list, a kid from Canada got in off the waitlist yesterday and posted in the Brown forum. I'm putting that in brackets until we get confirmation of more admits.

ACTIVE WAITLISTS*

Amherst(to take 15)
Beloit College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin
Brandeis
Brown (only one report so far)
Caltech
Case Western
Clemson University
College of William and Mary
College of Wooster
Columbia
Connecticut College
Cornell (Hotel Administration)
Duke (Apparently quite active)
Emerson
Emory
Fairfield
Franklin and Marshall College
Georgetown University (SFS & College)
George Washington
Hamilton
Harvard (will take at least 200, a few confirmed phone calls yesterday)
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins
Lafayette College
Miami (FL)
Middlebury
MIT(35)
Mount Holyoke
NYU (and Stern)
Northeastern
Northwestern
Oberlin (CAS)
Penn (CAS only? unless someone has heard otherwise..)
Pomona (to take 15-20)
Princeton (To take 90; started calling)
Quinnipiac
Reed (10)
Skidmore
Smith
Swarthmore (to take 15-20, started calling)
Syracuse
Trinity College (CT)
Trinity University
Tufts (only Int and Engineering, so far, they do not know whether they will have to go the waiting list or not.
Tulane
University of Chicago
University of Georgia
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania (will take ~90)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
Vanderbilt
Vassar
Villanova
Wake Forest
Washington University
Washington & Lee
Whitman (sending emails on Friday)
Williams
Yale (will take ~45, no activity so far)

*INACTIVE WAITLISTS*

Carleton (say freshman class is full now, may have a very small number of spots in the next several weeks)
Carnegie Mellon University
Colby College
Dartmouth (keeping short list, although someone posted on this thread on 5/16 about friend of their daughter getting in off the waitlist)
Lehigh
Macalester (overenrolled for now)
Rice University
Scripps College
Stanford (for now, although keeping a short list on extended waitlist)
University of Virginia (overenrolled for now)
Ursinus
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:57 PM   #936
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Any news on Michigan?
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:33 PM   #937
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Not going to waitlist at Va. Tech

News Story | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech

ACTIVE WAITLISTS*

Amherst(to take 15)
Beloit College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin
Brandeis
Brown (only one report so far)
Caltech
Case Western
Clemson University
College of William and Mary
College of Wooster
Columbia
Connecticut College
Cornell (Hotel Administration)
Duke (Apparently quite active)
Emerson
Emory
Fairfield
Franklin and Marshall College
Georgetown University (SFS & College)
George Washington
Hamilton
Harvard (will take at least 200, a few confirmed phone calls yesterday)
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins
Lafayette College
Miami (FL)
Middlebury
MIT(35)
Mount Holyoke
NYU (and Stern)
Northeastern
Northwestern
Oberlin (CAS)
Penn (CAS only? unless someone has heard otherwise..)
Pomona (to take 15-20)
Princeton (To take 90; started calling)
Quinnipiac
Reed (10)
Skidmore
Smith
Swarthmore (to take 15-20, started calling)
Syracuse
Trinity College (CT)
Trinity University
Tufts (only Int and Engineering, so far, they do not know whether they will have to go the waiting list or not.
Tulane
University of Chicago
University of Georgia
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania (will take ~90)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
Vanderbilt
Vassar
Villanova
Wake Forest
Washington University
Washington & Lee
Whitman (sending emails on Friday)
Williams
Yale (will take ~45, no activity so far)

*INACTIVE WAITLISTS*

Carleton (say freshman class is full now, may have a very small number of spots in the next several weeks)
Carnegie Mellon University
Colby College
Dartmouth (keeping short list, although someone posted on this thread on 5/16 about friend of their daughter getting in off the waitlist)
Lehigh
Macalester (overenrolled for now)
Rice University
Scripps College
Stanford (for now, although keeping a short list on extended waitlist)
University of Virginia (overenrolled for now)
Ursinus
Va. Tech
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:36 PM   #938
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Sorry---better link to Va Tech story

News Story | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:58 PM   #939
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I got rejected from MIT. All acceptances and stuff are out already.
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Old 05-20-2008, 03:00 PM   #940
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Occidental not going to the waitlist, but keeping short list (D got letter to be placed on that list but will decline...I hope that helps someone else!)
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Old 05-20-2008, 03:10 PM   #941
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anything from Wellesley????
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Old 05-20-2008, 04:21 PM   #942
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Just got off the waitlist at Brown! So excited!

They are definitely active... the woman who called me said the first wave of letters were sent out today.
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Old 05-20-2008, 04:47 PM   #943
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Any news on George Washington waitlist for MS in Finance program. I was told to look forward to a decision after May 31st...
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Old 05-20-2008, 05:21 PM   #944
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just got off waitlist at wellesley!!!!
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:54 PM   #945
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Congratulations, springmom. Hope your kid is not switching from hot weather to cold weather.
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