Why was I waitlisted? :\ - Page 3

theplace · 04-23-2008, 11:22 PM

Has anyone heard anything about the wait list? How many of you are going to matriculate at Lehigh?

gurl3344 · 04-29-2008, 09:12 PM

i just got word from admissions today, and i was pulled off the waitlist. im suprised because only kids in the top 1-2% of my class got in at all. I believe they are taking between 2-10 people off and they waitlisted a total of 1000 i believe. Good luck everyone!

theplace · 04-30-2008, 12:22 AM

That's great. Are you going? How did you get the stats of 2 to 10?

justbumming · 04-30-2008, 08:05 AM

Wow! Off already, and it's not even May 1st yet. Not to get your hopes up, but that looks good for the waitlist since that means lots of rejection cards must have come in already.

gurl3344 · 04-30-2008, 06:08 PM

I emailed my admissions officer about a week ago to find out when we should hear from the waitlist. He said last week in april to 1st- 2nd week in may. He said that was how many they expected to accept, but that might have been just from the ED waiting list. I am pretty sure I am going to go, my other choices are penn state and rutgers.

strawberrylemons · 12-30-2008, 04:24 PM

I have a question about Demonstrated Interest. I decided to apply last minute because a friend that goes to Lehigh raved about it. I'm a match for the school but I haven't visited because I live on the West Coast. I don't really have a lot of demonstrated interest because it was a last minute decision. Do you think they will hold this against me?

HyunwooP · 12-31-2008, 01:10 AM

no. i showed zero interest and i live like 3 hours away. i didn't do anything but apply. i ended up not attending since i didn't visit and i had no idea what the school was like

davidthegoose · 12-31-2008, 10:29 AM

strawberrylemons, it's never too late to just e-mail an admissions officer and tell him/her your story.

counselorandmom · 01-02-2009, 03:06 PM

my experience is that they DO care that you demonstrate interest, so tell them that your friend raved (be specific about what), also say you are looking forward to visiting sometime this spring (i assume you would visit if you got in?). being from the west coast can help with their geographic diversity, but they want to know how serious you are about lehigh.

strawberrylemons · 01-06-2009, 12:25 AM

If I explained my predicament in the space on the common app (I was going to visit but I won a scholarship award and had to stay here), will that be good enough? Or should I email the admissions person too?

counselorandmom · 01-07-2009, 03:10 PM

well, who is to say what is "good enough"--i am sure he/she will read your statement on the common ap, but i think it never hurts to personally make the extra effort to touch base and express interest to your admissions counselor.

gellino · 01-23-2009, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Since Lehigh is trying to increase its USNEWS rankings and part of the rating is based on their ratio of yield to number of admissions offers, they reject over-qualified applicants that haven't shown interest - the people who use Lehigh as a safety, not as a serious option.

This is no longer part of the USNWR rankings formula.