Some time ago, some students successfully went ashore, and some students regretted being rejected.
But in fact, among them, there is another type of students who are trying to survive in the cracks and turning positive in the RD, and they are the "natural spare tire people" who have been delayed in admission.
A classmate posted on social **, saying that he applied to Cornell University in the ED round, and the result was deferred.
But there is no way out, and this classmate was successfully fished ashore in the third round, rushed into the Ivy League, and successfully realized the conversion of the spare tire.
It can be seen that the admission result of the United States is not a simple 50% probability of winning the lottery of being accepted and rejected.
In the middle of a bunch of "successful landing" and "ruthless rejection", there are also students who fall into the state of being a "spare tire" - being deferred by the school or put on the waitlist.
Both of these are alternate states, like "You're nice, but I'm not sure if we're a good fit, let's see."
But getting on the waitlist always has one more chance than rejecting it outright.
The next round of the third round of the list will start one after another, and parents and students also need to consider the question of "waitlist" in advance: what is the probability of the spare tire turning positive? Do you want to continue to stare at your dream school, or do you want to find another way?
There are two types of "spare tires", one is more heart-piercing than the other.
We also mentioned the two alternate states of "defer" and "waitlist" above.
The main difference between them is the number of application rounds that are delayed.
"Defer" (deferred admission) is generally in the early application round, those applicants who are not admitted or rejected will be put in the defer, and then compete with the applicants in the third round.
In fact, the delay in the early application round is equivalent to not being sure whether the student wants to be selected, so it will be screened again in the final round, mainly to see whether the student's quality meets the admission requirements in all aspects.
In the third round, there will also be admissions, rejections, and waitlists.
But at this time, the waitlist status is not called defer, but "waitlist", and the final result will not be available until around May, but the admission logic is more cruel than defer.
On the one hand, if you are not recorded after the waitlist, you have no chance at all, unlike the chance of a third round after defer.
On the other hand, American colleges and universities attach great importance to enrollment rates, and if they are "pigeon-released" by students too seriously, it will affect the reputation of the school and other aspects.
Therefore, an important role of "waitlist" is to "come to the rescue", and it is an important means used by American colleges and universities to ensure their enrollment rate and student quality.
To put it simply, the admission logic of the "waitlist" is that the admitted students give up the offer, and the school finally estimates that the enrollment rate is not high, then some students will be selected from the waitlist to become regulars, and then the "spare tires" can pick up the leaks and go ashore.
In addition, some schools want to maintain their image as a "good person" and don't want to say no directly, so they use the "waitlist" method to decline politely, and the actual conversion rate is 0.
Some schools doubt the sincerity of the applicant, so they put the student on the waitlist and let the applicant prove how much he wants to enter the school in order to successfully get the offer.
In the next third round, the success probability of the waitlist will be the focus of attention;
Xiaoteng also focuses on analyzing the schools with a high rate of WL conversion in 22fall to help you further clarify your application ideas.
Trend of positive situation in 2022fall.
CollegeKickstart compiled the 2022 Fall waitlist data for 101 private and public institutions, and the overall picture is as follows:
1) The number of students admitted to the waitlist decreased by 3% year-over-year, from 2 in the class of 202560,000 to 20,000 for the class of 2026.
2) On average, 19% of students enrolled in the fall of 2022 were admitted, the same as the previous year.
3) Students admitted from the waitlist accounted for 8% of the Fall 2022 enrollment, slightly less than the 9% of the Fall 2021 enrollment.
4) 62% of the schools in the sample admitted 10% or fewer of the students on the Fall 2022 waitlist (compared to 57% in Fall 2021).
Analysis of TOP50 WL admissions.
The admission of the waitlist list can be said to be the last chance in the entire round of admission in the United States, what is this acceptance rate? Let's take a look.
By collecting the CDS data of T50, Koto has compiled detailed waitlist admission data for everyone.
1.Nearly 80% of schools have a WL acceptance rate of less than 5%:
Excluding the 19 schools that do not have WL acceptance rate data, the distribution of WL acceptance rates for the other 33 colleges and universities is as follows:
There are 13 schools with a WL acceptance rate of less than 1%, and 6 of them are 0%.
They are: Princeton University, MIT, JHU, UCB, Rice University, University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Virginia, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, BU, Purdue University, University of Maryland, College Park.
There are 12 schools with a WL acceptance rate of 1%-5%, which are:
Stanford University, Yale University, Cornell University, UCLA, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Emory University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Washington, Lehigh University, University of Georgia, University of Rochester.
There are 4 schools with a WL acceptance rate of 5%-10%, which are:
Penn, Caltech, North Carolina, USCD
There are 4 schools with a WL acceptance rate higher than 10%, and 2 of them are higher than 25%, which are:
UCI, UCSB, Tufts University, Virginia Tech.
It can be found that nearly 80% of the top 50 schools have a waitlist acceptance rate of less than 5%, and the WL acceptance rate of Ivy League schools is mainly concentrated in the range of 1%-5%.
In addition, there are 3 schools with a private school WL acceptance rate higher than 5%, and 5 schools with a public school WL acceptance rate higher than 5%, and the average WL acceptance rate of public schools is higher than that of private schools.
2.These 6 schools are really "ruthless", and the number of regular places is 0:
There are a few schools in T50 that are really ruthless!
Princeton University, which ranks first in the United States, and MIT, which ranks second in the United States, both have a waitlist acceptance rate of 0%, and there is not a single place to become a regular.
Compared with the data of 2021fall, the gap is really big.
In the fall of 2021, Princeton University accepted 1,000 waitlisted applicants and ultimately admitted 150 students, with a WL acceptance rate of 15%.
At MIT, 501 students were accepted as waitlists, and 25 students were eventually accepted, with a WL acceptance rate of 5%.
In addition, JHU, Rice University, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Maryland, College Park, all have a WL acceptance rate of 0.
JHU and Rice University's WL acceptance rate in previous years was also not high, basically less than 1%, which is about 1-2 admissions.
The University of Notre Dame had a 5% acceptance rate in the fall of 2021, but none in the fall of 2022, which shows that the previous application rounds are very intense.
The top 4 schools with a 0% acceptance rate at WL above are all in the top 20, and it can be inferred that -
Next, the enrollment needs of the top schools can be basically met in the early application round and the regular round, and the quality of students is very high, so there is no need to go through the waitlist link to save the scene.
Therefore, parents and students who are interested in sprinting to these top schools must make good use of the early application policy, and do not place too much hope on the waitlist, and the most important thing is to prepare for the normal application process.
In addition, schools with a WL of less than 1% are:
UCB, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of Virginia, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Boston University, Purdue University.
3.These four are very "fraternal", UCSB and Virginia Tech have a conversion rate of more than 25%:
The overall acceptance rate for 2022fall is lower than in the past, but there are four schools that have outstanding WL acceptance rates.
Virginia Tech, which ranks 47th in the United States, has a WL acceptance rate of 3240%——
Of the 13,311 students who were shortlisted, 7,587 of whom were waitlisted, or more than half of the percentage, resulted in 24,581 students being admitted.
UCSB is the one with the highest acceptance rate of 2748%——
16,340 students were shortlisted, of which 10,163 were waitlisted, reaching a 62 percent percentage, and 2,793 students were finally admitted.
UCI and Tufts also have relatively high WL acceptance rates, with UCI's WL acceptance rate of 1467%, Tufts' WL acceptance rate is 1378%, which is also the two institutions with a relatively high conversion rate in the TOP50.
The reason for such a high conversion rate is related to the nature of the school.
Like UCSB, Virginia Tech, UCI these three schools are public schools, because many people will choose public schools to guarantee the bottom, the respondent will release pigeons more frequently, in order to ensure the enrollment rate, the waitlist stage is a good means to supplement the source of students.
On the other hand, it is related to the overall strength and ranking of the school.
Although UCSB is ranked 35th, it is a relatively low ranking among the six UC schools on the list;
In general, students who apply to the UC department will also consider other sister schools, so UCSB will not have an advantage in the case of low rankings, and the situation of pigeons being released will be more prominent.
And Virginia Tech in 2024usNews entered the national TOP50 for the first time, and it is not well known by so many people, so if there is a good place to go, more people will choose to give up the offer of Virginia Tech, then this school will inevitably give more admission places on the waiting list.
When it comes to Tufts University, one has to mention "Tufts syndrome", which refers to the fact that some schools will turn away particularly good students in order to ensure their own admission, because Tufts University is particularly prominent, so it is named after this phenomenon.
Associated with WL admission, such schools will also pay more attention to themselves, and when they see some excellent students, they will also worry that they will not come after admission, so they will put them on the shortlist to see the sincerity of the applicants.
An inventory of the conversion rates of some popular liberal arts and science colleges.
Xiaoteng also sorted out the inventory of the conversion rate of some popular liberal arts and science colleges in the fall of 2022.
In the fall of 2022, the majority of WL conversion rates were below 5%, with Bates College, Hamilton College, Skidmore College, and Williams College having a 0% conversion rate.
Carleton College and Wesleyan University have performed well, with a 5% conversion rate.
In addition, Amherst College, Harvey Mudd College, and Wellesley College have a WL acceptance rate of 3%-4%.
The overall WL acceptance rate of these popular liberal arts colleges is relatively optimistic compared to the TOP50, but there are no more than 10%.
What do I need to do when I'm on the waitlist?
From the above data analysis, we can see that the competition in the waiting link is also very fierce, and it is really difficult to say whether you can successfully "be caught", so you must not feel that you still have a waitlist, and you should take it lightly in the early application or regular round.
If you enter the alternate link, you must be in the spirit of twelve points, and the following Xiaoteng will give you a few suggestions:
1.Think about whether you want to be put in a waitlist:
It is not a unilateral decision of the school to participate in the waitlist competition, and only if the applicant agrees to accept it before the deadline and indicates that he or she is willing to be placed on the waitlist, will participate in this final round of admission.
Some schools may have an "accept" option, while others will need to reply with a "thank you letter" to express their gratitude and indicate that they would like to be placed on the waitlist.
In addition, I would like to remind everyone that being put into the waitlist may be your dream school, but at this time, don't stumble on this school, you must leave yourself a way out, choose one of the offers you have received to accept and pay the deposit.
2.Indicate your interest in applying and update your information:
As we mentioned earlier, some schools are very "tsundere" and need to see the sincerity of the applicant.
It is recommended that applicants write a letter to the admissions officer, in which they reiterate their desire to apply, showing their personal characteristics and showing a high level of compatibility with the school.
In addition, if there are updates to your application materials, such as grades, honors, awards, and all the important things you have done in the school and community, you can also submit the updated materials.
This is the last chance to fight, so be sure to show your strong desire to enroll and convince the school that you are really suitable and will come to school.
If the school does not explicitly say that it will not accept or recommend sending additional application materials, it is recommended that students can also write a love letter to prove their enthusiasm and ability to enter this school.
3.Stay in touch with the school:
With the pandemic now that most campuses have reopened, students who have the opportunity can stay in touch with the school, visit the campus in person, and most importantly, let the admissions officers feel your strong desire to enroll.
That's all for today's topic of alternate regularization, and the next is about to usher in the RD list, I hope that all parents and students can successfully get the ideal offer.