@kook2323 - Where have you seen UCLA accepting off the waitlist already? News to me.
@gratefulmama I saw it on reddit. I am not sure if it’s true or not but someone posted on reddit last week that they got off the UCLA waitlist.
Kiddo’s friend got off the Northeastern waitlist already.
Are more in state applicants being pulled off the waitlist compared to OOS & international?
@kook2323 you would expect with all the uncertainty lots of instate students who might have gone out of state are committing to stay in their state. This might create opportunity for OOS and International (doubt international can get their visas in place for the fall if this continues as: 1) some countries are stopped school and are pushing students to graduate in December 2) I-20s must be mailed & 3) US embassies are closed)
Kiddo is on 4 waitlists (declined one due to information that there would be NO institutional aid for WL acceptants), but he’s heard nothing. Doesn’t mean they haven’t gone to them though, obviously. I don’t think he’s heard anyone coming off a waitlist yet, but again who knows? As far as I know BC waitlist has not moved, nor Tulane’s, but I could be wrong. Info is based on what I see on CC.
@Charlie2772 - I could be wrong but I fully expect you will see movement in both schools listed come May. I know we are heavily leaning towards declining my D’s acceptance to Tulane and I’m sure we are not alone. Many kids are just having a hard time accepting reality and waiting until the deadline to give up their preferred choice schools that are not affordable. It’s not an easy decision after working so hard to get expected but the clock is ticking. Hang tight!
@gratefulmama I completely understand their difficulty in accepting reality and waiting to the deadline to decline schools they worked hard to get into. My son has not declined a single offer yet. He’s in at UMass Amherst, Union, Trinity, Connecticut College and Muhlenberg. He’s said no to none. I wouldn’t push any kid. This is a hard year for making decisions. Hanging tight. Thank you!
@Charlie2772 - My D has declined a few offers already, as she was waitlisted for several schools herself. However, other offers, such as Tulane are much harder to let go as she was so excited to get accepted just a short time ago. I had originally hoped the deadlines would be extended but now I’m anxious for the deadline to be over. Movement in May will be interesting…
I declined the colleges that I know I will definitely not attend. I rather have the spot go to someone else.
GT has already taken some off the waitlist but it was really only a few days earlier than last year. Though it has been almost all oos taken, which makes sense as they are probably seeing a lower oos yield.
Out of curiosity, where have you heard this about Dartmouth? I haven’t seen anything online
I saw it somewhere else on CC
heard Cornell?
Have you reached out to Tulane for more aid? I think it’s worth a shot this year.
@AlwaysMoving - We were relying on merit which my D received but not enough to make it affordable. I did appeal the amount offered initially but didn’t get very far.
We were also offered some FA but still much higher than our EFC. We will have two in college next year which is why we qualified for FA this coming year but my oldest graduates in June 2021. Unfortunately our EFC will double at a time when we have to pay back parent loans. Knowing Tulane does not meet full need and being weary of tuition increases (especially now in years following the pandemic) makes choosing Tulane far more risky for our family, unfortunately. We have yet to make the decision final but we’re definitely heading in that direction.
The appeal for merit included all of these concerns along with academic accomplishments.
Wake Forest took some off WL yesterday. I think It is great they did it earlier than prior years to save people from paying a deposit elsewhere. Wish more schools would do this if they already know going to need to go to waitlist.
The Univ. Of Minnesota is taking students from waitlist. As reported in today’s (Mpls) Star Tribune:
“Freshman enrollment for the coming fall semester is trending nearly 10% behind where it was this time last year … … As such, the university is ramping up its virtual recruiting efforts and pulling names from wait lists.”
Cornell started going to waitlist
I think some schools have gone waitlist earlier bc there has been kids who did not see a school , in my kids case U of Minn. and their aid package was not good and it was over a 1,000 miles away so that was a fairly easy one to toss, and some kids/parents do not want to pay high tuition ion the fall if schools are online. Some realize being closer to home is a good thing. Also I think there was a bigger push this year to turn down schools rather than let the clock run out.