<p>It’s possible for the letter to arrive today, but more likely tomorrow. Much as waiting is agony I’d rather andison gets another ‘no space yet’ note than a ‘thank you and good bye note.’ Waaay better to be here still hoping with all of your good wishes and buckets of cooling water!!! And audiophile I have so many times envisioned being able to post here that this saga has had a happy ending. I’ve even gone so far as to wonder who I’d tell first - my 77-yr-old parents, my dh or all my friends on CC :D<br>
HOWEVER, today I’m just keeping fingers crossed that he doesn’t get the farewell version.
Thanks to you all for your good vibes!!!</p>
<p>Andi- you aren’t just waiting for one school (Swat), are you? Aren’t there other waitlists, too?</p>
<p>There’s one other one. Andison has other options in planning stages- it’s just that he’d rather have this one.</p>
<p>Andi,</p>
<p>I am also holding out and sending prayers and wishes that the good news will come soon.</p>
<p>I just heard our mail truck and thought “Did Andi’s son hear yet?” I am so hoping it is a yes.</p>
<p>Alas–no letter today :(</p>
<p>Feel awkward about posting this but there’s an article in today’s Wall Street Journal that talks about how few students are being taken from the wait lists this year for the top schools compared to previous years…Princeton, Yale and Johns Hopkins none, Penn 10 of 1,200, Dartmouth 22, Duke 22, Harvard 20, University of Chicago 34 versus 150 last year, Cornell took 158 this year compared to 171…</p>
<p>Here is a link to the article: <a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/articl[/url]”>http://online.wsj.com/public/articl</a>… ublic<em>home</em>us</p>
<p>Thanks Saintofme. That’s what some of us on here have suspected to be the case. I’ll check out the article.</p>
<p>I wasn’t able to get your link to work: try this linking method?</p>
<p>One quote from the article caught my eye:
I believe this is exactly what happened with MIT last year, so this year they accepted 200 fewer students outright and are still over-subscribed and did not go to their waitlist this year: this year’s yield was their highest ever, I believe.</p>
<p>Still hoping for good news, Andi/son…</p>
<p>mootmom’s link works.</p>
<p>The last line of the article says that the wait list at least favored those that pursued their standings with letters of rec. etc (hey andison sent in 7!) and/or used their connections…Uh, well we have lots and lots of connections… but they all have funny names…like Alumother, momofthree, interesteddad…:)</p>
<p>Maybe everyone should send in e-mails!!! Dear Swat, we understand you’re only going to take a couple more kids but have WE got a kid for you!</p>
<p>Just give the command and the e-mails will be a flyin’.</p>
<p>I would do it in a second! Just say the word! :)</p>
<p>Yeah, me too. Just say the word.</p>
<p>Me toooooooo!!!</p>
<p>Would that be insane??? What about that kid in the Gatekeepers who sent in all those postcards. He got in, didn’t he?<br>
We should probably read tomorrow’s letter first…but … would this be funny or would they call the FBI ?</p>
<p>Son’s friend was waitlisted at Yale from ED and made it in a couple of weeks ago after letters, interest, etc. So maybe all the spaces were filled from the waitlists for the ED deferrals.</p>
<p>I’ve thought of this too - the email campaign.</p>
<p><em>lol</em> yeah all you guys who have been hanging out in happy hour cafe should be loosened up enough to come up with some amusing subject line that could head all the e-mails. It would have to be funny to prevent ticking them off to any great extent! There’s some serious power of collective humor going on over there that could be put to good use. jym, SBmom and all the others. And of course there would need to be a way to identify him- perhaps first name from state or something, or something from the personals- swp (straight white pianist) will play and study hard…</p>