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So you've been waitlisted at one of your top choice schools. That's better than being dinged – but what
are your chances of ultimately moving
from the waitlist to class roster?
The following table shows waitlist outcomes from recent years for several Ivy League and other top
schools:
|
|
School |
Number of Waitlist
Offers |
Number
of Waitlisted Applicants
|
Number
Admitted from Waitlist |
|
|
|
Brown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
1,735 |
987 |
99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dartmouth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
1,166 |
669 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
1,200 |
700 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
1,275 |
790 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
1,296 |
840 |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
N/A |
N/A |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cornell (all Colleges) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
2,713 |
1,746 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
2,643 |
1,544 |
209 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
2,411 |
1,988 |
171 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
1,983 |
1,632 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harvard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2007 |
N/A |
N/A |
± 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MIT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2007 |
N/A |
N/A |
± 20 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
N/A |
389 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
469 |
401 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
604 |
524 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
491 |
427 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Princeton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2007 |
N/A |
N/A |
± 30 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
1,216 |
789 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
1,207 |
794 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
1,045 |
719 |
79 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
471 |
298 |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stanford |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2007 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
N/A |
N/A |
15 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
N/A |
N/A |
15 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
N/A |
N/A |
13 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
N/A |
N/A |
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fall 2006 |
728 |
204 |
56 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2005 |
N/A |
1,094 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2004 |
N/A |
1,239 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Fall 2003 |
N/A |
814 |
0 |
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As you can see, waitlist outcomes vary
from school to school and from year to year.
One of the main factors determining how
many admissions offers a school ultimately extends to
waitlisted applicants is its admissions yield,
meaning the number of admitted students who accept their
initial admissions offers. The higher a school's
admissions yield, the lower the number of vacant class
seats it has to offer to waitlisted applicants.
In recent years, many schools have seen
sizeable increases in their yield rates.
Some schools
have responded to increased yields by issuing fewer
acceptances and more waitlist offers, using the waitlist
to gain more control over the number of students who
ultimately enroll.
The one trend that remains constant for
all schools is that only a small number of waitlisted
applicants typically receive an admissions offer. To be
competitive for one of the few seats that might become
available for waitlistees at a top school, an applicant
needs to proactively remind the school or his or her
interest and availability.
To learn about how one of our
consultants helped a waitlisted applicant achieve this,
see our Case Study on "Getting
Off the Waitlist."
Yes, we do have consultants with admissions committee
experience from the Ivy League colleges! Call us (+1
703.242.5885) or
email us to learn more about our
qualifications and how we can provide you with a competitive
advantage in your college applications!
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