The Wait List

Prep School Admissions
4991

I would ask her to call now. And again later if necessary.

Her first call may give you an inkling as to what you’re up against, particularly if it’s an FA issue. She can also speak more candidly with them about your best path forward. (If she indicates her concern for you, they might tell her to try elsewhere. You are unlikely to get such a blunt answer.)

She can also follow up later.

If you do need to reapply next year, you might end up with some good insights this way as well. (And you can cast your net a bit wider.) Really glad you have her on your side. We’re all pulling for you!

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4992

I don’t know too much about waitlists lol, but I would as ask her to call now. For emails, definitely wait until April 10 is closer or if the school gets back to you. I would also say email your interviewer, as you have already developed a relationship with them. Again, I don’t know too much about waitlists so take this with a grain of salt.

Alsoo, I really do feel you in your situation. I understand how disappointing it must be to spend months working toward this and not get the result you are looking for, but everything will end up alright. :slightly_smiling_face: Praying that you will come off the waitlist for at least one of these schools!! :revolving_hearts:

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4993

Do you know when the email was sent? Don’t think I received one

4994

Ask your parents. It was actually sent to my mom, and she forwarded it to me

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4995

hi, if u know ur regional AO, should u send ur LOCI to the AO or the admissions office directly?

4997

Has anybody on the choate waitlist gotten any emails back from them? Or Mx? Is anybody willing to chance me for getting off the waitlist? If that’s a thing? Lol

4998

If people can’t chance you for regular admission, they REALLY can’t chance you for getting off the wait list . I would urge you to read the waitlist thread so you understand how the waitlist works.

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4999

I received an email for my daughter from Choate regarding the waitlist. There was really no additional information in the email other than what’s already available on the portal. We’ll just have to wait until we get closer to A10.

5000

how many % of the application gets sent to the waitlist?

5001

If you scroll up a little a couple people have already asked this. But nobody really knows. Seems like a lot though, many CC users got many wl.

5002

i don’t think it’s actually that much, i don’t think more than 50 per school. the reason a lot of people here got waitlisted is because they wouldn’t still be on the threads if they got accepted or rejected

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5003

Larger schools often have hundreds on the WL

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5004

Usually, many.

Remember the purpose of the WL is to ensure that the school will have a pool of applicants who can fill any of the holes that MAY remain after accepting applicants have made their decisions. Here are several reasons the list needs to be long:

From the school’s POV, they don’t know if someone they put on the WL will want to come to their school. Maybe that student already has offers at schools they love and maybe those schools have been very generous with $. Also, there are often students who start out on a WL, but after attending revisits, they realize they are really happy with an option they already have.

They need people in the pool to fit wherever they come up short, and it could be in one specific group. So they need lots of back-up in every category - day, boarding, girls, boys, athletes, musicians, math and robotics, international, geographic, various diversity, etc.

So if the shortfall is domestic, boarding girls and they need 5, they may need to have offered WL positions to 30 or more to be able to get there. And of course, they already have 30 or more day gorls, 30 or more domestic boarding boys, international girls and boys, etc…

Nobody knows at this point where the school will come up short. Sometimes, after revisit days start, they start getting a little more clarity, but it’s not until after A10 that they know for sure.

Sometimes too, schools will let some WL students know that they will not be going to their WL. If you get this news, it means they have filled the buckets you fit. But if you don’t while others do, it means that they still don’t have certainty. Overall, my advice is to focus on the options you DO have.

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5005

Outstanding summation.

I’m sure this has been said before, but waitlisted exist for the benefit of the school, not the students.

Nobody knows how many is on each waitlist. Nobody knows how many will come off. Or if they’ll go to the wl. Students should go with plan B and love the school that loves you back and not think about other possibilities until another offer comes in. If it comes.

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5006

hi, i heard somewhere that exeter was overenrolled last year and didn’t take anyone off the waitlist. does it make sense to think they would scale back admissions this year?

5007

My principle recommended that I leave the Andover waitlist and email Exeter, telling them I have left the Andover waitlist and all other waitlists and that Exeter is my first choice. Will this even have an impact (I didn’t tell Exeter they were my first choice during admissions)? Especially since Exeter and Andover have such high yield rates, do they even care if they are my first choice? Will leaving the Andover waitlist have an impact of applying next year, like will it be on my record?

5008

What is the benefit to leaving the other waitlists, though? Exeter won’t care. It seems like that could only hurt you. However, by all means tell Exeter they are your first choice and you will attend if accepted.

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5009

the fact that you’re thinking about the Andover waitlist and even considering reapplying next year shows how important Andover is to you. there’s no harm in staying on the waitlists for other schools and sending them a LOCI as well.. don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

5010

I already told Andover they were my first choice pre decesion. But between Jan 15 and M10, idk if I feel the same. So I don’t want to tell exeter they are my first choice since I alr told Andover.

5011

anyone that recieves an update to the waiting list please inform!