#Waitlist Discussion (All Schools) (2022-2023)

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thin spire
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For any questions or discussion regarding waitlists, such as how to write LOCIs. For specific school waitlist discussion, it's recommended to use their school specific thread (if it exists) for organizational purposes. If the school's thread doesn't exist, feel free to use here.

Results, such as getting accepted off of waitlists, should still go in their respective school specific threads and/or #👻-the-medium-place.

round rampart
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FIRST

brittle hound
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SECOND (to get off the harvard waitlist)

austere steeple
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THIRD

bitter sedge
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Vanderbilt where?

round rampart
bitter sedge
round rampart
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Rip

bitter sedge
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or my ucsd

round rampart
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RIP

bitter sedge
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THAT SHOULD BE MINE

proud sky
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Where is my UC Hicago waitlist

tropic terrace
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This might be a stupid question, but I got waitlisted for UCLA and I know my chances are astronomically low, but I wanted to do anything I can to stand out and show my commitment as it has been my dream school. I already submitted the LOCI when it was due like a week or two ago, but during my research on how to best write one, I found some people recommending contacting your regional AO just to say hello and express continued interest and say that if they were excepted, they would 100% go. Is this even worth doing? Would it do anything at all? I don't want to come off as annoying either but just trying to do everything I can. Thanks so much for any advice

tough rose
oak mesa
round rampart
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But at this point it really doesn’t hurt

tropic terrace
tough rose
wise ivy
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Swat WL movement? 😭

scarlet blade
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UCLA PLEASE

scarlet blade
tough rose
round rampart
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damnnn!

scarlet blade
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What if.. I can’t afford to go even if I get in LMAO

livid anchor
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I think Cornell might release another wave of waitlist today

tough rose
livid anchor
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Kinda lol

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But historically they release waves every Friday

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And they did last Friday

livid ibex
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pretty sure its diff for every school

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a few CoE ppl got off on monday iirc

livid anchor
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I was sorta right

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There was kinda some movement on Cornell waitlist, but no confirmed people getting in

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Just some from CAS got an email asking if they were 100% gonna go and some did not get that email

livid ibex
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oh sweet! glgl

livid anchor
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Thank you

keen fable
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Did anyone receive an email about duke waitlist 2 hours ago

storm ore
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Hello

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Any columbia wl? 😭

bitter sedge
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vanderbilt wl where

tough rose
brittle hound
round rampart
bronze oak
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is it too late to write a LOCI

tough rose
bronze oak
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LOL okok

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is there like

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a deadline

oak mesa
bronze oak
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swarthmore and northwestern

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i was just like not on top of things and didn't do it early 😭😭

oak mesa
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it’s fine, just get it done asap

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sending one will just prove your desire to attend those schools

bronze oak
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okok yes i will

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i'm gonna try to them both tonight and then like

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edit and send tomorrow

teal yarrow
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i got wl-ed at stanford, yale, and princeton

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my regional aos are the goats but i lowkey might have annoyed them

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i sent in my locis and update forms,, but then i sent in two additional updates 😭

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they were significant i thiiink but i don't want to get on their bad side

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either way those three have such a small chance for wls so i'm going to move on (this is a cope i'm hoping so hard)

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ik cornell kindaaa released a little early at least by the looks of it scrolling up, does yale/princeton/stanford usually release in the first week of may or so?

wise ivy
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So it’s not bad at all

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But like on the other hand wth you got into Columbia dude that’s such a W I’d emotionally move on

teal yarrow
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i mean that's yeah not bad at all wow

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wtf i thought all of them were like 2-4% only

teal yarrow
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hopefully my regional ao can fight for me a lil harder, though my updates aren't really linked to my intended major - i applied as a 'well-rounded' type of guy

wise ivy
wise ivy
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So… seems to depend on how lucky you are?

teal yarrow
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🍀🍀🍀🍀

wise ivy
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hngh I hope my WL pulls through somehow

teal yarrow
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oo where are you wl-ed?

wise ivy
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I’d be fine if it didn’t but 😭😭😭

wise ivy
teal yarrow
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honestly mood 😭

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ayyy good luck!!

wise ivy
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Ty <3 I have pretty significant updates to my app I feel like

teal yarrow
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did you have many updates and stuff

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ayyy

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that's great

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for me i'm interested in cs/maths/physics but my ECs are things like public speaking 💀 big disparity but here's to hoping ig!

wise ivy
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I only have one EC related to medicine/public health, but I bagged a pretty decent expansion on that that Im able to include in my update

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otherwise most of my ECs seem kind of scrambled

gleaming monolith
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Ucsd taking too long bruh

void dirge
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BU wl anybody?

bitter sedge
royal tartan
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This is when the 2 weeks of desperate checking begins

bitter sedge
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yep

teal yarrow
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do most ivy waitlist decisions come out in the first two weeks of may?

livid anchor
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i believe so

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then for some they send some other stuff like transfer options a bit later

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but if you get off the waitlist for an ivy i believe that it should be around the next two weeks

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typically at least

hoary viper
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🙏 princeton penn dartmouth 🙏

teal yarrow
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🙏 princeton, yale, stanford 🙏

livid anchor
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🙏cornell🙏

teal yarrow
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the delusional a2c-er in me tells me that being from the uk is good because there’s a small but very competitive applicant pool which means that when each person inevitably picks just one school they’ll fill those demographic gaps with other uk folk

scarlet blade
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UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA

teal yarrow
hoary viper
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i kinda regret turning down my other waitlists

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i wouldn't have preferred those schools to amherst under any circumstances so i figured i should my decline spot

teal yarrow
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i regret not applying rea to princeton 😭

hoary viper
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but
i just want to feel something

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that email

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or phone call...

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js want to feel wanted again 😩

teal yarrow
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😢😢

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if it’s any consolation

hoary viper
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you got columbia man

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win win fr

teal yarrow
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my classmate and best friend is also waitlisted at princeton and yale and he’s an absolute unit so i have no chance at those

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frrr

teal yarrow
teal yarrow
hoary viper
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think waitlist odds depend more on demographics

teal yarrow
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we’re the same demographic 😭😭 except major, he’s econ and i’m more maths/physics/cs

hoary viper
teal yarrow
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true true

hoary viper
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columbia!!!!

teal yarrow
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exactlyyyy i’m hyped

teal yarrow
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low-key i think he might clutch yale

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to double put into perspective, part of his loci is that he’s starting a hedge fund 😭

hoary viper
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ok but im pretty sure all the folks on the waitlist are equally competitive in the eyes of the aos

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it's not like your friend's any better than you

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keep your head up

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we got this 🗣️

teal yarrow
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💀

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bro raised like $250k from some investors and is now trading in distressed debt (?) in eastern europe, specifically romania

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trust me bro the distress is all mine 😭

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  • he’s doing some research at a quant firm
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icl i’m so proud of him he’s a literal genius but i would love a waitlist W and it seems unlikelyyy so i’ll just move on and ball out 🙏🙏😎

leaden bone
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i got 11 wls at least one of em gotta work out

hoary viper
hoary viper
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hoping it works out for you

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and congrats on uva :))

leaden bone
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thanks you too!

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congrats on amherst

hoary viper
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ty <33

bold dove
wise ivy
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Idk I have a singular waitlist. Not feeling too optimistic but ya never know

bitter sedge
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did anyone else on the case western waitlist get this email

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"I will get in touch with you on Tuesday, May 2 to give you an update about your waitlist status and to ask for an indication of your interest in Case Western Reserve University. Please keep an eye on your inbox."

teal yarrow
proud sky
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you def got off the waitlist

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they don't do that randomly

bitter sedge
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weird ass worded email

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like idk it sounds like a good sign? but it also sounds like its gonna be some

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are u still interested in being on the waitlist thing

shrewd bane
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yo

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any news about columbia or dartmouth?

teal yarrow
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today’s when the pain or 1-3% chance of a miracle starts coming

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best of luck to everyone!!

misty fjord
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anyone have news of Notre Dame?

tough rose
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i love that we have people ivy wl, t30 wl, and then t100 wl all begging for the same thing

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it’s like a collective ladder

livid anchor
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Lol

tough rose
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all within a message of each other

bitter sedge
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Vanderbilt washu rice johns hopkins waitlist any updates 😭

leaden bone
frail delta
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how do they let you know?

livid anchor
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Just got into Cornell off the waitlist

narrow slate
teal yarrow
livid anchor
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Thank you guys

barren swan
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Congrats!!’

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Its not bad if i didnt hear from a college yet?

teal yarrow
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that being said, iirc most ivies + stanford will let a lot of people know in the coming two weeks

barren swan
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What about lacs?

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Hoping 😭😭

teal yarrow
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not sure but most likely not going to be one and done on the first day

barren swan
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Ah yes im just panicked 😃 thank you

delicate flame
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Any jhu waitlisted updates

wise ivy
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Aaaaah Swattie please come thru

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It’d be so sexy if I could attend you

median flare
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Anyone heard from kenyon wl

hoary viper
royal tartan
hoary viper
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anyone heard back from wellesley yet?

terse dirge
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nyu is starting to admit already

scarlet blade
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PLEASE UCLA

teal yarrow
pastel knot
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HEEEELPPPPP anyone got off Wesleyan, Vassar or Duke waitlist?

modern shore
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hi nerds

delicate flame
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anyone jhu yet???

frail delta
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anyone hear back from williams

bitter sedge
delicate flame
bitter sedge
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1 year ago they took 2

delicate flame
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0

bitter sedge
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yeah

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sucks

wise ivy
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Any Swat admits???

frail delta
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swat came out?

wise ivy
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Idk

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Haha I still haven’t sent in my LCOI

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maybe I write it tonight and send it in just to. Yknow

modern shore
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Would you attend swarthmore over umich?

tough rose
wise ivy
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It was one of my dream schools

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Ik u weren’t in the Swattie thread but char or bauti can testify I was Down Bad

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I should’ve ED2’d Swat 😭😭

barren swan
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i got scripps wl back

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is it good if someone replies to your waitlist letter??? (Loci)

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very vague

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Thank you for your email! We are excited to hear is still a top choice for you. It’s great to hear how you continue to challenge yourself to grow both inside and outside of the classroom through the different activities and programs you pursue. Additionally, earlier today you received an email regarding your interest in the waitlist. I highly recommend you complete it if you are still interested in being considered.

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it was from the assistant dean too

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like i emailed her cause i thought she was my regional officer but i also emailed my actual officer cause i didnt know which and she was the one who emailed me back

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and my counselor had a video chat with him a few weeks ago apparently

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begginggg

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LMAO

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me too

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good luck

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i declined my offer from berk, sb, and sd

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so if those intersect hopefully u get my spot!

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econ or biz

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and uci i think

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yep but hopefully they go to someone more appreciative

wise ivy
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Lol I forgot to decline

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Oh well it autoexpires

delicate flame
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I declined mines 💔 paying 63k for ucsd and Uci

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Not on my watch

oak mesa
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damn

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are you in state in NY?

grave aurora
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Woah I just found this thread

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COLUMBIA PLSSSS I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 😭

craggy shoal
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i’ll admit this rn columbia yield isn’t too hot rn

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but i feel like that might be a typical columbia yield year

craggy shoal
bitter sedge
proud sky
bronze oak
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im so sad i didn't

thin spire
royal tartan
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I just want an email

winter rain
craggy shoal
winter rain
tiny dagger
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Anyone here waiting for Georgia tech wl

royal tartan
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To anyone who has heard back yet, what time of day do colleges usually release it

leaden bone
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i need something within the next 2 weeks or else its ggs

delicate flame
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^^

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I need hear sumn within the next 2 business days

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Cuz

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Nyu has a 1k cancellation fee in June

shrewd bane
royal tartan
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Mfw I haven’t gotten a single waitlist reply Day 2 (It’s over):

tough rose
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^ me rn 😭

rustic badge
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any news from MIT? Even if about enroll rate

delicate flame
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Jhu??

delicate flame
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We gotta pay 1k

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But it’s ok if we cancel in may

naive ice
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Anything from UC Davis after may 1st?

oak mesa
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my friend got in

naive ice
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When ?

royal tartan
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anybody get anything from the bc waitlist yet

kind ember
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Vandy and GT I love you

west kiln
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eee isn't vandy supposed to be today

bitter sedge
royal tartan
bitter sedge
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u can look through old threads on collegeconfidential

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If is today, it should be around 7-8 ET

kind ember
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Hoping for UMich as well but they have crazy low acceptance rates off waitlist

bitter sedge
rustic badge
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how can they waitlist 15k anyway, do they rank or something

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otherwise selecting a small amount out of 15k would take very long

oak mesa
tiny dagger
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When will GT release the waitlist decision

frail delta
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anything for vanderbilt

fluid nexus
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Davis pls🙏🏻🙏🏻

woven vale
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if I get off harvard, columbia, northwestern, or cornell waitlist, I will literally scream in a walmart

royal tartan
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Fuck man I hate this process

woven vale
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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like that

west kiln
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eeee anxiety from no vandy

royal tartan
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I just wanna get accepted off of the BC or Notre Dame waitlist, I know Georgetown and CMU are already lost causes.

naive ice
leaden bone
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if i get off the harvard yale princeton dartmouth brown upenn cornell waitlist i will eat a moldy sock

fluid nexus
kind ember
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Most probably are

tough rose
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leave some for the rest of us

kind ember
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if I get off vandy GT or UMich, then I’ll uh

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I’ll gladly accept the offer :)

grave aurora
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The moment Columbia admits me off the wl I will immediately commit!!!!

kind ember
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Haven’t heard a thing about any waitlist except Cornell and some of the UCs

cobalt jolt
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anything from vandy?

delicate flame
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Jhu!!!!!!!!

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Anyone?

leaden bone
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dawg where you think the mold comes from

royal garden
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Can I change my major in my LOCI if im waitlisted?

tough rose
delicate flame
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What if the major u want is already filled

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If the school goes based off of majors

royal garden
tacit fog
royal garden
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Like after I submitted my application?

delicate flame
royal garden
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I get my scholarship after i get accepted into the college

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The scholarship is a guarantee tho

royal garden
delicate flame
royal garden
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Im international

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The scholarship is from the government themselves

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For “gifted and talented students”

delicate flame
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Is it prestigious

royal garden
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Not really they’ll give it to u if you have an unconditional acceptance

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All the scholarships that are available here are only if you get accepted into the college first

delicate flame
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I’m confused 😭

royal garden
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Not everyone can get in ofc but its not hard to get ut

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In

delicate flame
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If it’s well known then I’d say yes

royal garden
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Yes what

royal garden
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People in ur college once u get there will come from that scholarship too

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If u ask

delicate flame
royal garden
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No lmao

delicate flame
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Idk then

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China?

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Hong Kong?

royal garden
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Saudi arabia

delicate flame
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These are the most popular

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Internationals

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Saudi Arabia too

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😭

royal garden
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If u find saudis theyre eithee cpc or the scholarship im talking about

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No saudi goes in paying for themselves unless they rich ✋😪

delicate flame
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Damn

royal garden
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And i still doubt they will pay 💀

delicate flame
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I thought Saudis were loaded

royal garden
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They are

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But why would we pay for college if its free

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😗

delicate flame
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Lmfaoo wait college is free in Saudi

royal garden
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People who go into private colleges here r the ones with crappy grades

delicate flame
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That’s crazy

royal garden
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😭

delicate flame
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Cuz even in my home country college is expensive

royal garden
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They give you a stipend every month

delicate flame
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Damn

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Lucky

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America sucks bruh

tough rose
royal garden
royal garden
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😭

tough rose
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MBS and the royal family are loaded and utlra powerful

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they are also the largest international donors to american universities iirc

royal garden
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The scholarships arent just for america they r for 15 countries in the wolrd

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Majority of people either choose amerixa or englad

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Since they have the best colleges

royal garden
tough rose
royal garden
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Its the best thing to happen to the countries people

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Opens up more jobs and opportunities

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Increases economic wealth inside the country

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There’s nothing bad about it at all lmao

delicate flame
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I mean no govt is great but I’d like to be in one that’s education is free

royal garden
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They give you money for going to college as a reward

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They pay for everything for you

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Education wise its great

delicate flame
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As a reward

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Education is the key to social mobility

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So I support

royal garden
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Its not much but its a great gesture for the people

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Its about 300$ i think in usd but per person for every single person in college till they graduated wether man or woman is alotttt

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And the scholarship they have thousands of people in it and they pay for everything till you graduate and give u bonuses if you get good grades

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Its a good way to try and make everyone as college educated as possible

delicate flame
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True, plus more educated people the better the society

spiral ivy
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Has anyone gotten off the WL at Wake?

royal tartan
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Has anyone gotten off any waitlist here

kind ember
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I’ve only heard of Cornell and maybe a couple of the UCs

steady aspen
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anyone heard from bucknell waitlist?

brittle hound
oak mesa
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a friend is going there and he loved the campus

royal tartan
grave aurora
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does columbia do wl calls

winter rain
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also do colleges do wl calls for intl students as well? asking coz my time zone is like 12 or 15 hours ahead of the unis lol

grave aurora
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if columbia calls me during their working hours I'd be asleep

kind ember
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They’ll leave a voicemail

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most will call and email

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maybe even text

grave aurora
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it's 4 May 💀

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last year this day apparently columbia sent out the wl acceptances...

kind ember
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I haven’t heard of any waves from vanderbilt and they supposedly released the first wave on the 3rd last year

tiny dagger
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When will GT release wl decision

kind ember
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Georgia tech or Georgetown?

tiny dagger
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Wanna GT so badly (deferred ea and wl rd

tiny dagger
kind ember
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oh not sure I’m on their waitlist too and haven’t heard of any activity

kind ember
glass night
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Last year, there was a GT wave on the 5th

winter rain
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2021 wl offers came out within the time period they gave (for columbia)

tiny dagger
glass night
kind ember
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I’d love to go to Georgia tech, great campus and I love the weather

tiny dagger
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I don’t want to wait soooo long since I have already waited about 6 months lol

grave aurora
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but good info

tiny dagger
kind ember
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I committed to UW-Madison, it’ll be fine for my major and I’m planning on going to grad school anyway, but I’d still love to go to GT or vandy

winter rain
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does anyone know how many people usually join the dc server for their committed college

wise ivy
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I already have

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I joined Tufts’ back when I was still considering them but lol

winter rain
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can you see how many people are on the server

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i wanna compare it to the accepted class and get an idea of how many are active on dc haha

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get a better idea of yield

scarlet blade
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Now I’m paranoid all my missed calls are UCLA AO

delicate flame
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cursedmoon cursedmoon jhu

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Anyone!?

bitter vortex
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still waiting for JHU

wise ivy
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Mich overall is at least 800

delicate flame
winter rain
wise ivy
teal yarrow
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nothing from princeton, yale, stanford yet on my end - when have they come out historically?

brittle hound
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I did a bit of searching

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princeton is apparently today?

teal yarrow
kind ember
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People are starting to come off the vandy waitlist

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Saw two people who were accepted to arts & sciences in the past hour

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On the forums

subtle herald
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does this mean i’ll be off the waitlist? don’t wanna call back and immediately have to make a decision on the spot

spark sierra
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Has Columbia started announcing it waitlist decisions?

spark sierra
teal yarrow
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also, what thing gives you voicemail transcriptions like that? it looks so useful 😭

subtle herald
teal yarrow
barren swan
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Any more LACs?

teal yarrow
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sometime this or next week there's gonna be a flood of stanford/yale/princeton waitlist acceptances and it's not gonna be me 💀

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wish it were though so fingers, toes, eyes crossed

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if i clutch up imma donate my columbia spot

woven vale
sand kettle
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One of my classmates just got off the NYU waitlist

teal yarrow
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trickle down economics but with college acceptances 😭

royal tartan
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Oh wait nvm “if you get in”

teal yarrow
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best of luck ahhh it’s so nerve wracking

royal tartan
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Nah man Columbia flat out rejected me but GL on getting off those other waitlists

delicate flame
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Anyone got off jhu

glacial lotus
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Anyone know when caltech usually releases WL decisions

royal tartan
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Mfw no waitlist replies day 3 (It’s Over:

livid ibex
naive crypt
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still attending Williams College

leaden bone
bitter sedge
naive crypt
delicate flame
naive crypt
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Applied Mathematics at Columbia SEAS and JHU Eng

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Mathematics in Vanderbilt A&S

naive crypt
leaden bone
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road less traveled or something

naive crypt
leaden bone
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based

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this what i expect to see if i hack ur webcam:

naive crypt
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One person who is going to Williams chose it over Stanford so

royal tartan
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Washington and lee released everyone from their waitlist today

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L school anyway

tiny dagger
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Just saw on college confidential, GT start releasing instate wl for study abroad program

kind ember
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I’m oos

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💀

royal tartan
kind ember
tiny dagger
kind ember
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ok

harsh barn
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uiuc wl when

delicate flame
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gender, ethncity

naive crypt
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maybe

delicate flame
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ugh

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great

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no chance

tough rose
naive crypt
tough rose
delicate flame
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i need it to really let go of my jhu dreams

tough rose
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you were at final committee, but either too many people similar to you or there were a few small flaws that stopped your immediate acceptance

delicate flame
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ugh there are alot of people in new york state

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that wanna go to jhu

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yet another flaw of living in new york

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but then again im not cracked enoughcursedmoon

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i didnt do research with nobel laureates so

leaden bone
tough rose
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if the university is good for that major, the yield rate for the major is probably really high

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ergo, less waitlist acceptances

leaden bone
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oh damn i applied mechanical engineering for harvard 🤓🤓🤓

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i think that might work to my advantage lol

tough rose
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well its harvards yield..

leaden bone
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true

tough rose
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i mean harvard is mainly a humanities and social sciences school

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pesky liberal arts college in boston

leaden bone
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faux ivy

tough rose
naive crypt
junior kiln
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Did anyone get waitlist to cmu?

tall cobalt
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Any news on rice waitlist?

tough rose
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how about nobody asks "any word on [insert college here] waitlist?" again

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just be patient

modern shore
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admitted from Harvard WL over the past few years. All data retrieved from official Harvard websites.

2024: 34
2025: 0
2026: 36
2027: ?

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Class of 2026 had 83% yield rate
Class of 2025 had 85% yield rate
Class of 2024 had 81% yield rate

Class of 2026 admits: 1984 (1647 accepted offer, admitted from WL: 36)
Class of 2025 admits: 1968 (1673 accepted offer, admitted from WL: 0)
Class of 2024 admits: 1980 (1603 accepted offer, admitted from WL: 34)

Class of 2027 admits: 1942 (? accepted offer, admitted from WL: ?)

sand kettle
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Is there any waitlist data for NYU?

naive crypt
hoary viper
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lacs >>>>>

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when's princeton droppin

grave aurora
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At this point I just want news like idc what kind of news I WANT CLOSUREEE

hoary viper
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frfr

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i js wanna experience that call man

grave aurora
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Where r u waiting for

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Pton only?

hoary viper
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princeton dartmouth penn

grave aurora
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Damn hope we both get a wl acceptance

hoary viper
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wellesley (idk why i joined their waitlist)

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declined 4 others iirc

hoary viper
grave aurora
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Amherst is still good tho

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LAC right

hoary viper
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yep

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im inclined to believe id pick amherst over my waitlists

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i don't want that pressure cooker environment

grave aurora
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Even pton?

hoary viper
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maybe?

grave aurora
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prestige whore in me is the only reason why I'd go to Columbia 😔💔

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Jkjk

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But at least it's the main reason

hoary viper
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unbased

grave aurora
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NYC subway scares me

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It's the only reason why I wouldn't go to Columbia if they actually accepted me

hoary viper
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where are you headed to rn?

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oh international?

grave aurora
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UCL

hoary viper
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hiii fellow international

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slayyyy

grave aurora
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Hehe

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Day 5 of waiting for news from MIT 😔

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hoary viper
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UCL is amazing

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congrats

grave aurora
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Bro mit is almost hopeless im sorry

grave aurora
hoary viper
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And even if yield rate stays same it's around 30 from waitlist

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Although being international makes it much less likely to get in from waitlist

hoary viper
grave aurora
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They admitted less because of astronomical yield rates in previous years tho 😭

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But in the same way, if you didn't intend to take internationals from waitlist, why waitlist too many

grave aurora
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But even then MIT wl as intl is cracked so congrats!

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I know 5-10 international who got waitlisted

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I don't really know what exactly affected it

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But it's not really normal for it to get +15% yield rate at the beginning of pandemic

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3 years ago it was aorund 70, 2 years ago it was 86, last year it was 84

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I believe and hope it will be around 80 or less this year

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And they admitted 1250. 80% yield rate means 100 waitlist admission

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junior kiln
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Any updates for cmu waitlist?

winter rain
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was just looking through the columbia 2026 waitlist thread and i think columbia's waitlist procedure last year went something like this:

  • accepted a few off the waitlist (1 on CC reported, none elsewhere)
  • released a majority of waitlisted applicants because either the candidates were in oversubscribed fields/were part of demographics they already had enough people of in terms of their own quotas, etc
  • added a few candidates to an extended waitlist either because the admissions office still kind of wanted them/they could act as backups for those they had accepted off the waitlist in case they declined

also this all happened on may 13th 2022, doesnt seem like those on the extended wl ended up getting offers as they never updated the thread lol

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also based off of class of 2025 profile and statistics published at the time, columbia admitted 137 off of the waitlist but it could totally be a fluke coz it was kind of still a covid year, cannot estimate c/o 2026 because no stats of total admitted students are available as of yet

shrewd bane
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so essentially we have no chance

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issok

winter rain
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the dc server for columbia's c/o 2027 has like 278 members, and their insta page for c/o 2027 has like 425 posts but that still doesn't really mean much in helping us determine yield for this year because they're not that representative + some who are on the insta page are going to barnard

shrewd bane
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it's fine tho i think the best thing is to just not have much hope

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i'm anyway in love w the school i've committed to

winter rain
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yea no i have literally none

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i'm just hella bored so going thru the numbers gives me smth to do hahaha

gleaming monolith
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Ucsd

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Is

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Still

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Not

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Out

naive crypt
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Wait if you couldn't commit to any school

delicate flame
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Day 5 of waiting for JHU

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Day 5.5 of waiting for mit

wise ivy
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omg swat is going to waitlist

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PLEASE LET ME GET ADMITTED

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BABES IM SO DESPERATE FOR THIS SCHOOL

bitter sedge
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Johns Hopkins

autumn sentinel
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a just got off from uwashington acms waitlist

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wise ivy
wise ivy
bitter sedge
hoary viper
teal yarrow
# hoary viper 🥱

is the dartmouth waitlist closed? or are they just sending out releases/acceptances

hoary viper
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might've rejected all internationals as of right now

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another intl got the email too

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were you WLed by dartmouth?

teal yarrow
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scary that decisions are coming out soon because my counselor said they need a few days to write a letter to the respective AOs talking about my family life/situation which i neglected to mention in my original app

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but i think it'd contextualise my work quite well

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but if i get rejected before they even hear about it that'd be painful

hoary viper
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they should send it in asap

winter rain
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not sure how it is for dartmouth but for columbia, they release all applicants off the waitlist after having given acceptances (if at all) so it could be the case with dartmouth

hoary viper
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the crickets so loud im starting to think most ivies are full to the brim 😭

winter rain
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tbf dartmouth yield has been pretty high in recent years

hoary viper
warm robin
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p sure everyone got it

winter rain
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i didnt apply to dartmouth so i cant tell u unfortunately 🫠

warm robin
hoary viper
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so they made no offers whatsoever

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dang

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that's crazy

winter rain
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the yield for c/o 2025 was like 70% which is sooooo high compared to the c/o 2024 which was like 50-60% thoo to be fair

teal yarrow
# hoary viper they should send it in asap

yeah though unfortunately we have a bank holiday here on monday 😭 so i'm going to like re-email and say please please please could you send this in ASAPASAPASAPASAP

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because i feel like it's significant enough to genuinely make a difference

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if my choices could just hold on for a few days that'd be great 💀

naive crypt
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Lmao I just got admitted to washU

teal yarrow
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YOOO let’s go

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i just got rejected by yale 😭 they’re not taking anyone

delicate flame
leaden bone
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i shoulda not had my hopes up

summer wraith
naive crypt
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I’ve gotten 2 waitlist admits now lol

summer wraith
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wow that's amazing

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super excited for you 😊

celest shale
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its past 6pm eastern, so i guess no more WL acceptances till monday

toxic flame
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Hi anyone received a decision from nyu ?

modern gazelle
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Just got into uw Seattle

delicate flame
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Congrats!!!

modern gazelle
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Thinking about going to it vs uw Madison

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Im not sure which one

delicate flame
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Jhu anyone!??

modern gazelle
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I’ve already committed to Madison

delicate flame
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What’s the best for ur major

modern gazelle
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But the weather in Seattle is much closer to what I’m used to

delicate flame
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Whatever makes u the happiest go there

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Or if u are a ranking person like A2C has made me

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Choose the highest ranked one

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For ur major

modern gazelle
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My major at Madison is international relations and at Seattle I got into pre social sciences

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I’m not sure how tough it is to do international relations at Seattle

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Switching

delicate flame
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Idk either lol is it like a whole diff college inside the university

bitter sedge
delicate flame
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My one way ticket out of New York

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It is not fun being here

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And other nyu’ers will soon find that out LMFAOO

bitter sedge
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unfortunately jhu waitlist is looking kinda slim

delicate flame
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I knowwww😭😭

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Do YK if anyone has been admitted yet

bitter sedge
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Nope

delicate flame
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Fuck🧌

bitter sedge
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I honestly dont think anyones getting off

delicate flame
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Bruh but I saw so many ppl on TikTok not going

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They were like “it’s too competitive”

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🙄then why’d u apply

bitter sedge
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their yield rate has been going up

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lately

delicate flame
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So what do they do w the ppl who don’t end up attending

bitter sedge
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They account for yield

delicate flame
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Cuz they def don’t have 💯 of them going

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Wym

bitter sedge
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like if they want their class size to be ~1400

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they would admit probably 3000

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cuz they know not everyone will go

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i wish hopkins used their wl more so i could get off but

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chances seem low

delicate flame
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So they over admit

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R u kidding

harsh barn
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uiuc anyone?? are they even gonna get anyone in?

delicate flame
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😟

somber pumice
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Did anyone get off the umich waitlist?

leaden bone
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it’s not optimal for a college if they have to be consistently pulling a lot of kids out of their wls

delicate flame
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Posting on my school insta my commitment

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Go violetsssss

sharp smelt
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u chicago just sent results to those rejected from the waitlist

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they’re actually nice for telling us ngl

livid ibex
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rip carlpensive

orchid robin
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just lost the uchicago lottery im praying for cornell now but its not looking likely

grave aurora
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Wl news from Columbia next week praying

grave aurora
cunning tartan
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Well we should know soon anyways

grave aurora
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Let me be delusional in peace!

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True

cunning tartan
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Yield has been fucking insane

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Everywhere

grave aurora
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R u waiting for Columbia too?

cunning tartan
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Yes

grave aurora
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All the best

cunning tartan
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Ty

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All the best to u too!

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Hoping Columbia bring one of the “worst” ivies deterred ppl from enrolling 🙏

storm ore
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At least we know that a few will be admitted or we would have already been notified like the rest of the ivies cursedmoon

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Dartmouth has not admitted anyone from the waitlist for the last 3 years 💀

leaden bone
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duck fartmouth for that

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opps fr

wise ivy
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plssss swat admit meeee

bronze oak
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manifesting for both of us

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im so desperateee

chrome mirage
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at this point I wonder how many of us here got off any waitlists

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like dang half of the schools waitlist more than their entire incoming freshman class 🤣

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or the fact that CMU SCS actually bothers waitlisting ppl, like I'll bet my left leg that their yield is consistently at least 90%

leaden bone
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i genuinely wonder why dartmotuh bothers w a waitlist if they havent gone to it in 3 years

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atp j reject or admit me

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none of this purgatory bs

chrome mirage
# leaden bone none of this purgatory bs

I mean (this is possibly bad advice) but if you don't want it to be purgatory, you can always give up your waitlist spot, it just takes 1 email

Disclaimers:

  1. Don't do this
  2. I'm not even waitlisted by dartmouth so I'm not giving this "advice" out of conflict of interest 😛
grave aurora
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since they already know the yield and haven't closed the wl right away I'm assuming we still have a chance no matter how small

desert drift
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bro I forgot to withdraw and got in one of my waitlists 💀

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time to politely decline!

royal tartan
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Any updates from CMU, Georgetown, BC or Notre Dame

chrome mirage
naive ice
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Anyone know if UC Davis is taking any more?

tiny dagger
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any wl update for gatech?

oak mesa
craggy shoal
harsh jungle
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any fellow intls waiting on cornell columbia or pton waitlists? the radio silence from princeton and columbia is terrifying but at least cornell's been very responsive and encouraged additional materials

winter rain
harsh jungle
grave aurora
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it's my entire personality rn! (jk)

winter rain
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my columbia app was so rushed idek how i wasnt autorejected 😭

cunning tartan
teal yarrow
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no waitlist decisions are gonna come over the weekend, right?

wise ivy
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They could

grave aurora
teal yarrow
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ahhh okay

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hopefully they can wait to at least monday/tuesday

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i need my counsellor to send something ASAP

harsh jungle
hoary viper
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and you're onedramatic im guessing?

harsh jungle
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yes 🫡 🫡

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i went so hard in my loci for no reason if i dont get off my AO gotta send me a thank you note or something at least 😭 😭

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sad both columbia and princeton didnt take an additional LOR i got a really good one i sent to cornell and im honestly not sure why i didnt ask her for one the first time round

royal tartan
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And you know I didn't really make it about anything as me as a student or pushing myself or some shit, I made it more personal about maturing and not being embarrassed or regretful of what you could make.

harsh jungle
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real

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like i hyperfixated over u for over a year straight

grave aurora
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tbh I wouldn't have cared for Columbia if they just straight out rejected me but now that I got the wl... I want in 😭

shrewd bane
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my columbia loci was the one thing in my entire app that i loved the most

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fun fact: my columbia ID ended with the same 4 digits as my fav columbia professor's birth year, and i also did research that's exactly on the lines of everything he worked for
so i mentioned it as a PS in my loci lmao

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hopefully they appreciate it cursedmoon

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I thought mit didn't say anything yet. Is this guy lying?

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Mit says they start considering in mid-may except when they won't take any

cunning tartan
cobalt jolt
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they should accept u for that tbh

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commitment fr 😆

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I used love 3 times in updates form

leaden bone
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int mit wl is crazy jesus

craggy shoal
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they could have started taking

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i don’t think mit will have much off the wl

craggy shoal
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my columbia essays were my worst essays like ungodly bad but i guess they liked that and i’m glad i didn’t end up changing them

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cus i got rejected everywhere i submitted half decent essays to

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i did columbia probably 20 minutes to midnight and just started typing

shrewd bane
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so p famous

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kind ember
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Waitlists are dumb

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I'm dumber

cobalt jolt
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i’m dumbest

craggy shoal
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i am her

calm hazel
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was anyone on the yale wl?

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it says they "reached the target size for the first-year class and will not be able to give further consideration to your application" but idk if that means i got rejected or they just didnt take kids of the waitlist

spiral ivy
calm hazel
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haha its not for me im already committed

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one of my close friends was really hoping for it and we opened it together

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i think itll just help him feel better if he knows that there wasnt anything more he couldve done to get off the wl

royal tartan
proud sky
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i think it was they hit appropriate yield and had 0 reason to use the waitlist

upper wing
teal yarrow
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i'm pretty dumb two

cobalt jolt
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LMFAO

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I'm dad

cobalt jolt
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LMFAOOOOOOOO

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my humor is so bad why is this so funny 😭

teal yarrow
uneven rampart
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What about SIT and NJIT

royal tartan
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AHHH BC PLEASE LET ME IN

delicate flame
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I wanted to go so badddd

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Still do

sullen anvil
spiral ivy
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Still waiting on Wake Forest

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I emailed like everyone on the page Dean of admissions and Dean of enrollment they’re gonna hate me lol

barren swan
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Lowkey yeah but at least they know its ur top choice

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And a lot of my friends did the same tbh and got in

spiral ivy
barren swan
spiral ivy
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Congrats by the way!! Tell me what else I should be doing. I’m full pay so they should welcome me lol

barren swan
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No not either haha wisco is just a joke

barren swan
# spiral ivy Congrats by the way!! Tell me what else I should be doing. I’m full pay so they ...

Yes that helps! I set up a zoom meeting with my regional admissions counselor, talked to him and was very vulnerable but insistent that it was my first choice and i had discussed the financial options with my parents. I made sure to come off as independent, responsible, knowledgable, respectful... etc. I sent in a LOCI earlier detailing my accomplishments + why I wanted to go. Also i naturally have charisma if i do say so myself unfortunately so that might have been a factor.

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Just come off as very patient and willing but not desperate

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With a lot of effort

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Setting up a meeting and talking about the waitlist isn't desperate at all, just shows how willing you are

spiral ivy
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I asked for a meeting and he wrote back and said they aren’t doing meetings or interviews but he really appreciates my interest and would share it with his colleagues immediately.

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🤷🏻‍♀️

barren swan
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Oh interesting. Well if not a meeting then any opportunity to chat. I assume you sent a LOCI so I would just continue to maintain and make that interest clear

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Unfortunately it's out of your hands and I understand bc it was very nerve wracking for me too

spiral ivy
# barren swan Oh interesting. Well if not a meeting then any opportunity to chat. I assume you...

Yep! Totally out of my hands and I did indeed send an LOCI and have sent updates to him since I got WL in February. Whatever…I’m kind of over it at this pt. My parents have set graduation - June 15 - as the deadline, not letting this go after that. I committed to a school I’m happy with and a major that’s amazing and competitive and once I get my roommate and pick my classes I’m done.

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News from MIT when

gleaming monolith
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Is UCSD today?

grave aurora
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1 week to columbia wl news if this year is a typical year...........

shrewd bane
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mass rejection?

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or acceptances?

grave aurora
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I'm assuming both acceptances and rejections since they haven't mass rejected everyone yet

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It's been a week so they should have closed the wl by now if they reached desired yield

delicate flame
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anyone jhu

subtle herald
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not yet

winter rain
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based on their cds u can find the no. of people admitted off the wl because u just have to take the number of total admitted on the cds vs the number of acceptances they reported on ivy day of the year of said application cycle

delicate flame
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nyu is admitting hella people off but not jhu

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im done bruh

frail delta
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emory first round came out

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theyre doing it by a week by week basis i think

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any news on lacs

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Day 8 of waiting for comMitment stats

spiral ivy
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NYU is $90k - people turning them down

shrewd bane
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Bro Columbia scared me

tulip shale
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I hate when colleges send emails to you right now

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like

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chill it bro

cunning tartan
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By sending the ss

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😭

royal tartan
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No fucking way

tulip shale
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alright

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bye

shrewd bane
winter rain
wise valve
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anything from brown or columbia?

winter rain
wise valve
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asking for a friend lol

winter rain
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HAHAH

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congrats on pton btw

wise valve
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thank you!

storm ore
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I didn’t receive that email thank God

oak mesa
coarse kestrel
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me when berkeley accepts off wl

royal tartan
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Day 6 Give it up for Day 6

tough rose
wise ivy
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I wish I hadn’t known swat was still open for waitlist admits

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I’m probably not going to get in… and it’s so awful having my hopes up

cursive geyser
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i want these fucking colleges to release their waitlist

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like what is this teasing bullshit

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bro you already know ur yield ?/!/!/?

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ucsd today 💪🙏🏽 we staying strong

leaden bone
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real

wise ivy
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Sent in my LOCI

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she’s kind of a work of art

teal yarrow
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imagine tomorrow princeton sends out a mass rejection like yale

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i’d cry

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if an absolute miracle happens and pton or stanford takes me i’ll bake my crush cookies

spiral ivy
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What time do they call if it’s about the waitlist?

grave aurora
hazy wharf
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^^ same pls <3

grave aurora
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2021?

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That's insane

shrewd bane
shrewd bane
grave aurora
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As in class of 2025? Or 26

shrewd bane
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26

grave aurora
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What

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But didn't they take very few people off last year

shrewd bane
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i'm just giving u the data lol

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2253 admits last year as of ivy day

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and this comes to 2355

grave aurora
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😳

shrewd bane
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but anyway

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they've waitlisted tons of ppl this yr lol

grave aurora
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Thanks for the data

shrewd bane
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everywhere i see i see more WL than rejections

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and waitlists are v unpredictable bw 2 years too

grave aurora
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But that also might be survivorship bias or something

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Oh well who knows

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Just gotta wait for 15 May I guess

shrewd bane
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yea

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well if the data is correct

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last year even after having 102 admits

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they sent out the mass rejection email on 13th may

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so it's weird

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this year ig they specifically said 15th may

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so time to wait

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oh and another thing

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if anything, this year there should be more WL acceptances bc of the whole US news scandal

grave aurora
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Agreed

shrewd bane
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huh no

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it doesnt work like that

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their class size is like 1650

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their yield was like 65%

grave aurora
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OH

shrewd bane
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that's the reason 102 got admitted

grave aurora
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My bad

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Misunderstood the cds for a sec

shrewd bane
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102 is an insane number anyway idk if it's even true

grave aurora
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I mean pton admitted like 150 last year so

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Guess it really depends on wl size

shrewd bane
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damn

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i thought they didnt release

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admissions data

grave aurora
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Pton does

shrewd bane
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damn

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anyway columbia should have worse yield this yr

grave aurora
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15% chance off wl if I'm not wrong

grave aurora
shrewd bane
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3k less applications as well

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and been seeing a lot of ppl rejecting em

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we prayin 🙏

grave aurora
shrewd bane
grave aurora
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Somewhere in Asia

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You?

shrewd bane
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i'm from india lmao

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that's y i'm asking

grave aurora
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Ahh