knickknackpatty

“Right now, we’ve got about 30 students over our target class size,” she said. “Given all the wait list activity at some of our peer institutions, though, I don’t think it’s going to be quite enough to fill the class.”

Thats promising. Do you think the 30 kids already accounts for students who will defer for a year, etc? I find it interesting that D mouth doesnt require a deposit, wouldnt that mean alot of people could easily double apply?

Slim2None

when 30 is put into the perspective that Harvard will now be taking 200, Yale will be taking about 45, UPenn will be taking 90, and Princeton also plans to take 90, that will dramatically reshuffle 425 of the top students... for 30 of them to have accepted Dratmouth's offer is not absurd, and also, that reshuffling will probably result in another round of waitlist acceptances, as these 425 kids move schools... again, more spots will be opening up

Dartmoose

Slim2None, you are operating under the assumption that the 'next' 425 students are even at the level of a Dartmouth student. They could very well be below Dartmouth's standards. Also, the students that Harvard, Yale, and Princeton choose seem to be quite different from Dartmouth students. I am not saying that there is no hope.

Slim2None

I'm in no way saying that it's a guarantee, but the fact that there are 400+ students that will be accepted to these top tier schools, there will inevitably be a significant trickle-down as students move to their preferred school. Maybe I'm just blindly optimistic about getting in off the waitlist and am formulating these scenarios to keep my hope of Dartmouth alive, but I really hope there is at least some sound logic behind them.

cuRRent

30 students. Let's hope that it wouldn't just trickle but have the sluice gate lifted

we just need a 150 people to move somewhere else

slipper1234

That article was really weak and in some cases incorrect. No mention of the total minority percentage of the class, no mention or avg scores, etc. Considering this was such a groundbreaking year (16.6% increase) in which Dartmouth was the "hot" Ivy (after Harvard), its astounding that there wasn't better press around this.

imihan

How do we know there is a shortlist for Dartmouth's waitlist???(that was on another thread):/

Slim2None

I saw it on the waltist success stories thread... I don't know if there was any reason for adding it. that thread is probably wrong... Dmouth would have the courtesy to tell you if they moved to shortlist and most likely there would be a huge uproar on CC

knickknackpatty

There is no short list, or priority list. If there was they would formally reject people like Stanford. As of now the waitlist is inactive but still open for potential use.

imihan

Im sure they will use it sooner or later..The problem is im an international...requiring a lot of aid..:/Because out of the ~480 people out of the waitlists in the other ivies,logically more than 30 should be at dartmouth right now.!!??!

Kathyc

My daughter's friend just got off the waitlist!

knickknackpatty

Hey Kathy are you for reals?? Was she california? Was there anything really special about her (Olympic athlete etc).Were there any other details? baaahh and so it begins

RBallard14

ughh....now i really want to know. i hope they start releasing all of the decisions sometime soon.

ficre24

I know someone who got in this past week as well. She's no Olympic athlete or anything but she tried very aggressively (in a good way) to get off the waitlist.

imihan

What??has there already been more than 30 refusing??so quick....this is going crazy..any international on this thread?