Several schools have reportedly already started to go to their waitlists (have heard that Marist, Tulane, Occidental, Chicago and UVA have reportedly started to, to name a few) as schools work to build/fill their classes. Lets please use this thread (wasn’t sure where to put it, so will try it here first, and maybe move it if there is a better place for it) to list/add when you have heard any schools starting to go to their WLs.
While how deep schools go to their WLs can vary greatly from year to year (sometimes a lot, sometimes not at all), many things can affect student enrollment. IMO this year, given the current financial/economic climate, more families may be unable to afford the tuition, room& board and fees this coming year. Add to that the likelihood that visa challenges/uncertainty may affect the international student enrollment. This is in addition to the other factors that affect “summer melt”, when some students decide to take a gap year or get off a waitlist and into another desired school. So I think many schools may go deep into their waitlists this year to fill their classes. Sometimes there can be apparent “times” (e.g when a parent cannot pay the first set of fees by the due date), though the movement across schools too can make this process fluid.
So, for those holding spots on WLs, please don’t feel that a WL spot is a “rejection” or is some gimmick, or that the school is somehow playing games in some way. That is simply not accurate. Yes, schools are businesses and have to meet their business goals and models, but if the school is able to find spots, or needs to fill spots to fill their class, admissions offers will be made!
As is known, colleges use enrollment management tools to make budgetary plans each year and reach enrollment goals. These are helpful/necessary to gauge acceptances, fill classes, complete budgets, facilities management and space planning for classrooms, dorm space, etc. These resources are helpful for schools to do their best calculation to reach their yield goals. Waitlists are used by the schools to reach these goals for the incoming class.
So for all on WL’s - stay positive but realistic, and lets share positive news when we hear of movement, and certainly if any of you have cleared the WL with an admission (even if unaffordable). Good luck everyone!
So starting with word that the following have gone to their WLs already: (post ONLY schools that have for sure gone to their WL, please)
American (4/30)
Babson (5/3)
Barnard 4/29
Boston College 4/30, 5/6
Brandeis (5/14)
Brown 4/15, 4/16, 5/22
BU 4/16
Bucknell (4/29)
Cal Poly (5/1)
Caltech (waitlist closed 5/20)
Chicago 4/15
Clemson 5/2
CMC 4/25
Colby 4/25
Colorado College (wait-list offer circa 5/25)
Columbia (5/13)
CWRU 4/16
Cornell (5/5)
Davidson 4/24
Emerson 4/3
Emory 5/8
Fairfield (waitlist closed 5/8)
Georgia Tech 4/16 (FYSA program)
Georgetown (5/2)
Hamilton (reported 5/27 but started last week)
Harvard (5/16)
Haverford (waitlist closed 5/21)
Holy Cross (5/2)
Ithaca (4/29)
JMU (Liberal arts and business, in-state) 3/31
Johns Hopkins University 5/8
Kenyon 4/3
Lafayette 4/23
Loyola Marymount 4/24
Marist 4/15
MIT (waitlist closed 5/20)
Middlebury (5/7)
Morehouse (5/23 all decisions released)
North Carolina State University (5/19) business
Northeastern NUin 4/23, Manhattan 4/25
Northwestern (5/2)
Notre Dame (5/6)
NYU 4/16
Oregon State (4/30)
Oakland 4/25
Occidental 4/15
Pitzer 4/14
Pitt 4/23
Pomona 4/28
Providence 4/28
Purdue 4/21 (OOS CS, OOS Engineering, Business Marketing)
Reed (5/1)
Rollins 4/17
RPI (5/8)
Rutgers A&S and business (5/3)
Rutgers Main campus 4/22
Santa Clara 4/29 engineering
Scripps 5/12
Skidmore 6/16
SMU 4/30 (Cox)
Stanford (around 5/19)
StonyBrook (5/5, eng OOS)
SUNY Binghamton 4/15
Syracuse (maxwell) 5/5, Whitman 5/12, Newhouse 5/15, VPA 5/20
Tulane 4/15
tOSU (Ohio State) 4/24
UBC (5/4)
U Tampa 4/15
U Washington 4/17
UC Davis 4/18 OOS; 5/6 IS
UCI 5/2
UCLA 4/22,4/23 OOS; 5/7 instate, 6/10 (OOS)
UCSB 4/17 (and instate 4/23)
UCSD 4/16, 4/17 OOS; 5/9 IS
Univ of San Diego (Not UCSD or SDSU)
U Florida (OOS) 5/13 (waitlist closed 7/3)
UGA 4/23
U Miami (4/24 Comp Eng)
U Michigan (4/17 approx, 5/12 Ross in-state)
UNC- Chapel Hill 4/15
UNCSA (4/30)
U Oregon (4/30)
U Richmond 4/28 (Business)
U Rochester (posted by a cc’er 4/28)
U South Carolina (5/3)
UT Austin 4/15
UVA Official Waitlist 5/2; “reconsideration” offers 4/15 (see posts #120-123)
UVM (4/28)
UW Madison OOS 4/23
Vanderbilt 5/6
Virginia Tech 3/28, 3/28 OOS
Wake Forest (5/7)
Washington & Lee (waitlist closed 5/8)
WashU 4/25 (business)
Wesleyan 5/4
William & Mary 5/5
Yale 5/11 (waitlist closed 5/20)
As of 5/23 (please update if you edit the Wiki)
PLEASE, when adding to this list, LIST THE SCHOOL THAT HAS GONE TO ITS WL, WHEN THAT HAPPENED, and please post your SN next to your update. And please continue to post info in the thread as well! Thanks!