College Admissions: Waitlists
The Wall St. Journal reports that higher-than-expected yields mean that colleges are turning to their waitlist less than in past years. The title of the article really says it all: "Hopes Dim for Kids On College Wait Lists: Many Schools Take Fewer Backup Applicants Because of Higher-Than-Expected First-Round Yields" Basically, top-ranked schools anticipated lower yields because of increased use of the Common Application. They aren't seeing their yields drop at all. A few results:
- Stanford University, the University of Chicago and Dartmouth College aren't admitting any students from their waitlists this year.
- Penn expects to admit about 25 students, down from 42 last year.
- Amherst College had expected a 36% yield; it saw a yield of 40% and is taking no one from its waitlist.
- The University of Delaware, which dropped its early decision program this fall, is admitting a mere 25 students from the waitlist, down from 262 last year.
- UNC took 116 applicants into its class last year from the waitlist. This year: 99.
Princeton was an exception. It accepted zero waitlisted students last year, but expects to take 30 this year. It also is slightly increasing its class size.
Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 12:47PM
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Linda Abraham
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