Calculation regarding wait-list: Do they indicate no hope?

ILoveBrown
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:06:43 +0000

The shuffling isn’t very big. Since Brown is something like 6th on the “revealed preference” list, and since most schools “higher” than Brown don’t take many kids off their waitlists, most kids who say they’re coming to Brown actually end up coming there. I wouldn’t overestimate that aspect.