Waitlist

Waitlist Im currently out of the office, but back in Cambridge, it has been announced that unfortunately, for the third consecutive year, and despite all intentions to do so, we will not be using our waitlist. Our yield was even higher than we had expected. More news on the yield and makeup of the class soon (though preliminarily there are a few numbers Im very excited about). More soon (including Questions Omnibus) Waitlist At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we havent done in 4 years: we notified 30 students by email that they have been admitted from the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough decisions for the year, but there were at least a few more. Will we use the waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, well once again look at where we are, and determine whether we will use the waitlist again. Until then, I dont know. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those people accepted a place on the waitlist. But it just isnt ethical to keep that many people on the waitlist at this point, so within the next week many students will receive a letter informing them that they will not get off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college theyve chosen. We will keep some students on the waitlist for another few weeks until we are fully satisfied with the class. For those of you who were admitted from the waitlist today, congratulations! Feel free to use the comments to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you who didnt receive good news today, remember Bens words from regular action. Well see how the future unfolds. Waitlist For the second consecutive year, we have been able to admit students from our waitlist. This morning, we emailed (and will follow up via snail mail) 20 students, informing them that they have been admitted from the waitlist. Financial aid will follow up shortly with aid packages. Students can then choose to accept our offer (it is an understood part of admissions that some people will shuffle around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist committee worked hard over the course of several days to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. I sat in for a day before leaving for Albuquerque and I can tell you that it was extremely difficult. In the end, we were very happy to be able to admit these students from the waitlist in an email to the office, Stu wrote, These are some great students! Will we use the waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, well once again look at where we are, and determine whether we will use the waitlist again. Until then, I dont know. Also, we will begin notifying some students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot on the waitlist to about 500 people, and many of those people accepted a place on the waitlist. But it just isnt ethical to keep that many people on the waitlist at this point, so within the next week many students will receive a letter informing them that they will not get off the waitlist, and wishing them the best of luck at the college theyve chosen. We will keep some students on the waitlist for another few weeks until we are fully satisfied with the class. For those of you who were admitted from the waitlist today, congratulations! Feel free to use the comments to introduce yourself to the rest of your class. And for those of you who didnt receive good news today, we wish you only the best. Well see how the future unfolds.