My son’s friend (in state)was initially rejected and wrote an appeal letter in April. He found out today that he won his appeal and is accepted to UW. Maybe waitlisted kids will start hearing soon?
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Thank you sm for this! Really hope they’ll send out some updates about the waitlist sooon!! 
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Anyone have any “inside word” on the yield as of May 1? 
Fingers crossed that it’s low.
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As someone earlier states, they’re tryna give out more fin aid offers rn. I know someone else admitted (whos not attending cuz he got somewhere better) and theyre tryna pull him in with an offer thats honestly not bad. I think their oos yield is pretty low as of now. Plus, Madison isn’t that good on giving fin aid offers for OOS as far as I know, and the mess that is FAFSA, so all together im guessing its overall not a good year for madison.
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What do you guys think? Will there be any update this week or are we still thinking after the 15th?
No idea. If I was in charge at Wisconsin I think I would wait until after the 15th because a) unpredictable year due to FAFSA and b) recent history of over-enrolling an entering class.
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UGA on Friday did a blog post that basically said if you are on the waitlist and you don’t receive an offer May 3 at 4pm that it was highly unlikey you would as they were already very close to their desired 2024 OOS deposits
. I hope Madison communicates something like that so people aren’t holding out hope until July!
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I know 4 kids who got in, only 1 going. Oos
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Based on past OOS yield (~30%), that alone opens up at least one spot in their class. Dibs!
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A really good find! You’re right, the OOS yield is lower than I thought. It’s 21% if you include OOS, Minnesota residents, and International students.
Interesting that it’s dropping over time. This supports the idea that while Wisconsin is an increasingly popular option for OOS applicants, it may not be everyone’s first choice.
Also this data really drives home the notion that yield is key for the waitlist. We don’t know what happened this year, but we can see what happened when they overenrolled in Fall 2022. Despite admitting 3,000 fewer students than Fall 2021, their yield went up by several percentage points across the board, resulting in too many enrolled students. For Fall 2023 they admitted 2,000 fewer students than 2022, but yield dropped and they had to go deep into the waitlist.
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The suspense was killing me so I called Wisconsin admissions to ask about the waitlist.
They have offered a very small number of spots off the waitlist already for very specific circumstances. However, they expect the waitlist to start in earnest after the May 15th decision day and continue until the end of July. They had no information on yield so far this year.
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You’re my hero! Maybe this info will help keep my restlessness at bay until the 15th.
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Mine too! I was considering calling today too! Thank you.
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One thing I found is interesting: “The expected size of the freshman class for 2023 is 8100 (Fall 2022 class was about 8600). ” (refer to the website). This means they actually didn’t reach their enrollment target of 2023, i.e., lack of 8100-7966=134. They are probably not as popular as we think.
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That IS interesting. I had assumed last year was a correction for over enrollment the year before, but this gives the impression that they ran out of viable waitlist options. The students not offered on the waitlist could have been interested in Business or CS, but those majors were full.
By popularity, I meant number of applications (these use the data you posted):
However, your point about yield being a measure of popularity is valid:
This last one shows exactly your point about enrollment in Fall 2023. It’s easy to see the reason why Fall 2020 and Fall 2023 were big waitlist years:
I’m not sure this helps us understand what’s happening for waitlists this year because we don’t know what adjustments they made. The takeaway for me is that Wisconsin hasn’t quite figured out how to predict OOS enrollment from their rapidly increasing pool of OOS applicants.
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Wish everybody here a dream come true! Thx!
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I just received the yes/no continued interest form. This could mean something if we follow last years pattern.
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Yep my daughter received as well.