<p>What a surprise to hear the waitlist is being used this year, as it wasn’t last year (05/06) and I don’t think it was the prior year either.]]</p>
<p>Not really. Many colleges are admitting fewer students during regular admission and going to the waitlist to get their <em>yield</em> number up for the USNews ranking. A college has 100% yield from waitlisted students, which is averaged in the aggregate. ED percentages are much higher at many colleges for the same reason. The ED admit percentages are as high as 35%</p>
<p>Holyoke also dropped the SAT requirement to increase apps, SAT averages and b/c they don’t believe the SAT is a good indicator of future success–they’re correct. So did Midd. Colgate no longer requests SAT subject tests in order to increase apps and lower acceptance rates. Bates and Bowdoin never required SATs. Bowdoin and Bates realized years ago SATs were not a good predictor of how well a student will do in college. The students who didnt submit SATs at Bates (lowest percentiles) had a gpa within .1% of the students with the highest SATs.</p>
<p>Congrats Paris, you’ll love Holyoke.</p>