@GeronimoAlpaca Yes I agree, presuming that the effective yield for students from the waiting list may be somewhat below standard REA and RD yields, Notre Dame will need to admit a higher number of students from the waiting list and provide them with Financial Aid packages etc. It might well be possible that they may have to go up to 300+ additional admissions from the waiting list, however I would think that a careful selection of those students might bring the number down to 250 or so, which still will be noticeably above previous years. There is no doubt that the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will increase the number of offered spots gradually, based on effective yield outcomes for students admitted from the waiting list this year, the reason this process will take time to complete. An additional consideration will be the possibly slightly higher “summer melt”, given current circumstances.