I got the email /and/ I can accept my offer of admission through the admitted student reply form! t-minus <1 hour, and I think that I’m probably in! Woo-Hoo!!!
Last week I got a card through usps saying the wait is almost over and listing accepted student visitation dates…
Waitlist
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me too, the acceptance rate dropped to 8.2% apparently so I’m not too mad
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How do you know the acceptance rate?
Got in honors! 3.85, test optional, lots of leadership and 2 varsity sports. Have also been contacted by the coach of my main sport
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I did the math: 535 out of almost 6500 applicants yields 0.082 in a calculator
You are using enrolled vs accepted. Not every student accepted enrolls.
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Still, the acceptance rate must be close to that. I wouldn’t expect them to accept more than maybe 10-15% of applicants with those numbers
On the topic of admit rates, Oxy themselves published data from last year - The class of 2027 saw an admit rate of 37.8% during the RD round.
I’d expect a similar number here, as they factor in yield of students in the actual amount of acceptances.
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2027 admit rates are almost completely useless now. There was a really great New York Times article about it:
Yield of approximately 22%, so it’s unlikely that the admit rate is that low.
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I don’t think there’s any way we can know until they release the actual numbers. This admissions season has been the most brutal and unpredictable one yet.
Waitlist
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Son was accepted and is very excited as Oxy is at the top of his list. Alas, the aid offered is not enough to make it affordable for us.
Intended Major: Politics
Accepted to IU Bloomington, Clark, Seton Hall, American
Waitlisted at UCSD, SDSU
Rejected by UCD, UCLA
Deferred by Georgetown, USC
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Waitlisted. That makes 5 waitlists. D24 is asking if that is common this year.
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There is a lot of waitlist going around this year. Take a look at the Common Data Set to see how many students were waitlisted last year and how many of those got in.
Dartmouth, for example, offered 2300 students WL last year. 1700 accepted a spot on the WL. None were eventually accepted.
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Decision: D24 Accepted
Merit scholarships awarded: $20k/yr
Major: Kinesiology
Accepted: Cal Poly Humboldt (WUE), Oregon State (WUE), U Oregon, Lewis & Clark, Chapman, Montana State, UCSB, UCSC, SDSU, Santa Clara
Even with the merit aid, this one is going to be too much of a stretch for us.
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Daughter waitlisted
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Received my acceptance tonight and am super pumped! Oxy is at the top of my list, as with many others here. I don’t know if I’ll be able to afford it though.
Merit scholarships awarded: $17.5k/yr
Intended Major: Diplomacy and World Affairs
Accepted: Pitt, WAC
Waitlisted: UVM, UCSC
Rejected: UCSD, UCSB, UMD, NEU
Deferred by Northwestern (ED)
Waiting on 4 more schools…
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