thanksssss 
that was wild. i didnāt think that i would get off the waitlist
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If anyone is no longer interested in UW-Madison, please be respectful and let them know, so someone else couldāve been celebrating todayā¦ Iāve just read a few posts where their students were accepted today, but knew that they were no longer interested and wouldnāt be accepting. I can understand a few weeks or a month from now, but they just asked who was still interested a week agoā¦ Sorry for the rant.
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what exact time did you get the email ?
i got the decision at 7pm
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7pm central time?
yes
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Omgoshhh!! Biggest congratulations to you and your son! So happy for youu both!!! Thank you so much for sharing all the datas and research on here and keeping us informed, truly appreciate it! Heās very blessed to have such a supportive parent 
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Congrats to those who got off the waitlist yesterday! By when do you have to respond? Trying to guess when the next batch of offers will go outā¦
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They have to respond by Friday, May 24th.
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Until proven otherwise, that Magic 8 Ball IS magic. Hang onto that. 
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Did the folks on FB mention a major? So far Iāve only seen engineering and CS. It gives me hope that they might start rolling out more acceptances for other majors/colleges before next Friday.
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Me too. My son is business, and I didnāt see or hear of any business majors getting off the list yesterday.
I hope theyāre not done with OOS Engineering 
. Though seeing so few people get off yesterday doesnāt give me much hope for the next rounds-perhaps they got very close to their yield goals this year.
I just looked at my sonās letter from Wisconsin. It says itās highly unlikely that heāll receive a FA package before the decision date due to FAFSA delays. They recommend using the schoolās Net Price Calculator for estimating aid.
More evidence that Madison is way behind for FAFSA and likely dealing with a lot of deadline extensions for EA & RD. Iāll bet a bigger waitlist wave is still coming.
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I really do hope you guys are right about the next wave being really big. I didnāt get off, and Iām CS, so I really hope that they give more CS kids an admittance. Maybe theyāre rolling it out by state/distance from Wisconsin. Depending on where youāre from, theyāll probably pull you off the following weeks.
It would be helpful to see what states/locations these people are from, since it can at least help to see if location is a factor.
Also, if this isnāt a hard question, does UW Madison use someoneās intended major for L&S to determine if theyāll get off?
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Iām looking at some(a lot) of posts on reddit/cc/fb on waitlist removals. Like almost ALL of it seems to be for college of engineering. Very few L&S kids in general(I saw like ~25 posts past few hours across many platforms and 4 were for L&S(2 CS, 1 DS, 1 Zoology major). I think theyāre rolling the lists out by school and filling in a few gaps where needed.
Again, thatās just my guess, but more L&S and engineering kids hopefully get off next week.
Edit: another kid who said he got off for applied math in L&S . . . make my count 5 for L&S
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What were his stats? My son is CS
Sure. He has a 3.8 UW GPA, 33 ACT, 13 APs, OOS (not Minnesota)
Hello, does anyone know the acceptance rate for CS major kids?
Iām hanging onto anything I can! 
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