Is this a new trend?

lemonade1
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:54:03 +0000

To get back to the original point: I don’t remember so many waitlist limboed kids before. I remember in previous years hearing of kids who only applied to super- selective schools losing out, and the advice on the board was to apply more broadly the next year. This year, we see on this board well-qualified kids (at least as described by their loving parents :)) who did just that—applied to schools with a range of selectivity—but who still ended up with no options other than to wait. I am really hoping that the total number of applications increased more than the total number of applicants, so yield may be down a bit, and the patient wl kids will be rewarded.