<p>Your friend was very unusual. Students who stay on waitlists are in most instances <em>praying</em> for the /call/ Maybe I should have said 99% acceptance rate. Students dont stay on waitlists unless they actually want to attend the college. Also, the offers are made by phone. For all practical purposes, admissions officers dont log each call. Only those who indicate they will matriculate are offered a place in the class, which translates into a 100% return of a requested deposit. I realize a great deal of what I said is a matter of interpretation. But when it pertains to helping with the rankings, colleges will use the most self-serving interpretation, even if the facts are parsed a bit, to further their cause. Midd is famous for that. Their stated SATs are for <em>admitted</em> students, not matriculated kids. Hence, the average SAT of a Midd kid is much lower than presented to US News</p>
<p>You can call me RLT…save the bandwidth. :)</p>