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<p>True, but yield is generally higher from the waitlist, since students first have to accept a spot on the waitlist. Higher yield means that you need to accept fewer people to fill a class, and acceptance rate is counted in rankings.</p>
<p>That’s not to say that I actually believe that WashU plays the admissions game. to my knowledge, they didn’t take anyone off of the waitlist the year I was applying for schools.</p>