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05-09-2008, 09:22 AM
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#211 | | New Member
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| Hopeful
My son is on the waitlist and he's not optimistic or hopeful at all. But I am! He turned down Dartmouth to go to Penn State's Honors College, but he'll go to Harvard if admitted. I also called the admissions office to make sure he was confirmed on the waitlist and the woman who I spoke to was very nice. | 
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05-09-2008, 03:56 PM
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#212 | | New Member
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| The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. -Christopher Reeve | |
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05-09-2008, 04:11 PM
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#213 | | New Member
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| the admissions office said theyd call by sometime in june if admitted
ahh the wait continues. | |
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05-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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#214 | | Member
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the admissions office said theyd call by sometime in june if admitted
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so they would send a minimum of 150-200 in the next couple of days, which is in line with The Crimson article.
| Hmm. Can anyone provide more information? | |
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05-09-2008, 05:36 PM
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#215 | | Junior Member
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| ^ that would make sense logically. But then again, Harvard thought the yield was gonna be 85%... | |
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05-09-2008, 06:46 PM
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#216 | | Junior Member
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| Drnoeyedea, I'm not sure that there is any correlation between predicting yield correctly and reporting the amount of students they are going to take off of the Waitlist accurately. Yield is not entirely in their hands; the number of students they offer admission off of the Waitlist is.
I'm on the Waitlist, also. | |
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05-09-2008, 07:43 PM
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#217 | | Junior Member
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| Aristo:
I read that they plan to do most of waitlist admissions by the end of May (on a somewhat rolling basis) and to finalize the process by mid-July.
My understanding is if they have, say, 200 spots, they will make enough offers to fill all of them or at least 190+ within the next two weeks. Usually they call to confirm interest before making an offer, and then one gets ~ 10 days to decide (and review financial package). By early June they may still have a few spots for another round. Plus a few more from RD class kids who got into other schools from waitlist. So there will be some activity in June. After that there will be almost no activity. But because most kids gradually abandon the waitlist (either because they are sick and tired of waiting or because they get off waitlists at other YPSMC), in July, couple spots may translate into more than 10 offers. There is no end to the process - even once the class is full, someone can always drop out. But at some point adcoms decide that couple leftover spots are not worth the effort of returning to the waitlist (unless they still need a harpist or a kid from Montana). Then they will notify everyone that waitlist ganme is over. | |
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05-09-2008, 10:00 PM
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#218 | | Junior Member
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| So people have or have not heard yet? I cannot seem to find a definitive answer. | |
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05-09-2008, 10:07 PM
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#219 | | Member
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| the Crimson article says that they've only begun deliberations today, so whoever says they've gotten accepted already is lying! | |
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05-09-2008, 10:56 PM
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#220 | | Member
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| In previous years, they've also extended offers to a select group to join the next year's class. This is dubbed the "z-list," and it'll be interesting to see how many are offered a spot in the class of 2013 this year. | 
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05-09-2008, 11:02 PM
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#221 | | Senior Member
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| how many z-lists were offered last year? | |
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05-09-2008, 11:58 PM
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#222 | | Junior Member
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| i've heard that the z-list requires some special applicants (i.e. legacies), and the chances of getting an offer are very low if you're not a special case | |
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05-10-2008, 01:15 AM
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#223 | | Member
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| art_star, you are WRONG. I know someone who was taken off the waitlist, and trust me when I say that he, nor I, has no reason to lie. | |
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05-10-2008, 07:12 AM
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#224 | | Junior Member
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| there have been some conflicting reports--does anybody know for certain when they will start making calls? is it this coming week that they will make the majority of calls, or towards to end of may? | |
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05-10-2008, 01:01 PM
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#225 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York Gender: Male
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| Good quesion, gadli. I imagine they will start making calls next week, but I really don't know.
When I called to verify that they received my supplementary letter, they said that they wouldn't be able to access my account, and that the officers are meeting for the "next few days" to discuss the wait list. Does anybody think this means the next few business days, as in Friday, Monday, Tuesday, or do you think they're working weekends? | |
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