<p>uxnaitoahz, I dont believe that the waitlist is ranked, but I want to make it clear that I do not have any insider information on the Wash U admissions committee, just an idea of how many schools do it. Since all schools accept more people than actually decide to attend, if they are under their target class size, many schools use the waiting list to round out their class based on who they have so far. If they need more men or women they might take that into consideration, if they are short on people from the South, for instance, they might pull more heavily from that region, if they need a tuba player, they might call that person. It is a very effective tool for them to get a balanced class with exactly the right number of people they have room for. </p>
<p>As for how many people they pull from the waiting list, that depends on how many people accepted an offer of admission, and it varies year to year. If more people accepted than they projected and they have exceeded their target class size, they dont pull anyone off the waiting list as happened a few years ago. If less than the target accepted, they will call people until the class is full. I believe that once they are done accepting people from the waiting list, they will let you know. Good luck.</p>