Waitlist

cn173 · 03-14-2008, 05:01 PM

i was put on the waitlist today. does anybody know how many students they put on it? what are the chances of getting off?

NudderBudderO2 · 03-28-2008, 01:50 PM

I was put on it too, and so was my friend. As wish most wait lists, chances are not in our favor...but there is always hope.

ReInventor · 03-28-2008, 02:26 PM

I was waitlisted, too.

sobleshred · 03-28-2008, 03:13 PM

i was waitlisted as well. it's time to look elsewhere, i suppose.
the letter said that they only accepted 11% of applicants.
is this true? and if so, that is absolutely absurd.

penoko · 03-28-2008, 03:22 PM

I was waitlisted too

muzicgirl89 · 03-28-2008, 03:32 PM

waitlisted, ill prob get off because my senior grades are bad and I can't afford Oberlin anyhow, especially if i get in through waitlist.

quaere · 03-28-2008, 07:31 PM

11%?! That's... totally ridiculous. Last year was something like 30%.

penoko · 03-28-2008, 08:13 PM

I think it said that they were filling 600 some spots and 5800 people applied, but I think they accepted way more than that, since people will turn down they're offer.

NudderBudderO2 · 03-29-2008, 06:23 PM

yeah...i think they accepted a little less than 40% this year. I just don't get it. Maybe my estimated financial contribution has something to do with it....it was only $339....

it stinks...but we'll see what happens in May. Out of all the schools I applied to I was sure I'd get in here, and excited at the prospect of going, so I'm a little upset

. But oh well, any college is a good college I guess.

BassDad · 03-29-2008, 06:39 PM

Here are some recent waitlist numbers from the Oberlin Common Data Set. The first number is the year, the second the number offered a place on the waitlist, the third is the number who accepted a place on the waitlist and the fourth the number admitted

2007: 906, 666, 18
2006: 846, 600, 33
2005: 891, 640, 33
2004: 791, 274, 63

NudderBudderO2 · 03-30-2008, 09:47 AM

uh oh. thats not cool.

booklet0519 · 03-30-2008, 05:52 PM

so it doesn't seem like i'd make it... should i take myself off the waiting list so that someone for whom this is their first choice has a better shot???

emma problema · 03-30-2008, 06:54 PM

waitlisted...that doesn't look good. It's tied for my #1 and I got into my other #1 but it's on the way to my #3 so we'll see what comes of this waitlist crap.

acme · 03-31-2008, 12:28 PM

Remember it's not the total number of waitlisted students vs you, it's how many students who are in the same category as you vs you. To paraphrase from the Macalester waitlist letter "If you are a bagpipe player from Arkansas and we are looking for a bagpipe player from Arkansas to fill a slot, you might make it off the waitlist."

Although schools say they don't have quotas, they do try to balance the classes in different ways so it really matters who accepts-- and who takes acceptance somewhere else.

mchs · 03-31-2008, 03:17 PM

Not to discourage anyone, but just to give you a sense of how tough it is to get off the waitlist, which my daughter tried to do last year: She visited the school for a second and pleaded with the admissions officer, sent her senior year grades, straight As, had several people contact the admissions office on her behalf. (BTW: She has a sibling who goes there.) They still didn't accept her.