Waitlisted again...wow this is intimidating

Father_of_the_Boarder
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:01:55 +0000

I don’t know what a priority wait list is.

All I know is that calls are being made. I was surprised as I thought they would wait until the final tally came in.

Here is my 2 cents: Because of soaring applications, admissions must take a new stance. Accept less people, wait list more people and control the numbers better by such a process. Hence, by the time the average “yield” is reaped, they are short in number for the frosh class. That short number is apparently already identifiable. Now, in waves they will contact eople who are wait listed.

Now, 2 cents about how this affects yield. If you are wait listed and say no – you are not affecting the yield number as you were never accepted and never turned down the school. If you are wait listed and accept, you improve the numbers are you are listed as an acceptance who came.

Yield means a lot to a school. Each school wants a high number. I think Rice has a very respectable 40%. So, the greater the number of wait listed, the greater the yield can become. Wait list is a control device for yield.