<p>I was wondering what are and how big are the disadvantages of being admitted as a waitlisted person rather than a normal regular decision?</p>
<p>I mean, probably all the good dorms would be occupied already and probably get the nasty leftover space and stuff…what else?</p>
<p>Have you heard anything or is this just speculation?</p>
<p>Speculation/partly common sense - cuz I know upenn and other unis have a system where u only really get any choice if u apply before 1st May for housing and then after that you get like what ever space is free - logically the least wanted</p>
<p>Nope, Yale’s housing is 100% random, unless you’re a legacy, in which case you should still be good for your choice of college.</p>
<p>Oh, so there is 100% no choice, no preference, no double/single specification or anytin? You just get assigned a TOTALLY random room during summer?</p>
<p>Honestly, not that I remember…</p>
<p>And in terms of the particular dorms, as in which residential college you’re staying in, there’s definitely no choice for non-legacies.</p>
<p>I can’t belive they don’t ask some kinds of questions about roommate compatability (smoking, hours, ect.).
I do remember them saying during the info/tour sessions that they try to make each of the colleges reflect the diversity of the university. They had to start adding first names to one of the criteria on which they sort because one year each and every “Paul” admitted to the freshman class was in the same college.</p>
<p>what Guitarman meant was that there’s no choice in terms of type of what kind of room you get (single, double, etc) but there are, however, questions about roommate compatability. When do waitlisted candidates get notified? Around Mid to Late May? That’s still plenty of time to add them into the rest of the matriculating pool until we get our housing assignments in July. It would seem that in order for complete random selection to occur, they wouldn’t begin housing selections until they receive the questionnaires from the accepted waitlistees.</p>
<p>Exactly ;)</p>
<p>I don’t believe that Yale is looking at the waitlist until mid to late May, so I don’t think anyone will be taken off the list until late May. Yale didn’t take anyone off the waitlist last year. If only a handful of people come off the waitlist, then there won’t be a problem with the accepted waitlistees altering the diversity of the residential colleges and the waitlist acceptances can come later in the summer.</p>
<p>While Yale does ask questions about roommate compatability, I’ve never been convinced that they pay that much attention to the students’ answers.</p>