Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

Did I get into admissions or parenting for that purpose? But, since it’s that time of year in admissions land, I’m going to embrace those two letters to explain a few truths about waitlists. Can I give someone from the waitlist my spot? Is the waitlist ranked? They have 560 students on their waitlist.

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 12, 2025

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all better and make college admissions somehow feel fair and like it makes sense, but I haven’t discovered that power within me — yet, so I’m gonna stick with providing as much information as I possibly can for those who want it and can use it. Dont check obsessively.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In this post, were going to break down what you need to do if you recently received a waitlist offer from UT Austin, and what else you need to do to close out your college admissions experience strong. What they didnt have that year, or for many years prior, though, was a waitlist. Same goes for fall 2020 admission.

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AdmissionSight

JANUARY 14, 2025

In this article, well unpack why MIT doesnt consider legacy admissions, explore some stats (like the MIT Common Data Set and MIT deferral rates), and share tips on how to crush your MIT application. MIT is one of the few elite institutions that doesnt have legacy admissions because it holds steadfast to a meritocratic admissions process.

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IvyWise College Admissions Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

In fact, in the latest admissions cycle, just 3.19% of applicants were offered a seat in the first-year class of 2026. Given this competitive admissions rate, some very talented students are going to find themselves on Harvard’s waitlist. How Many Applicants Does Harvard Waitlist?

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Factors to Consider When Committing to a College What to Do if You’re Waitlisted Frequently Asked Questions Takeaways How Do You Commit to a College? Each college has its own process for accepting an offer of admission, so once you receive your acceptance letter, check the details on how to proceed.

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CTK College Coach

JUNE 27, 2024

After coaching hundreds of high school students over the years, I finally had the chance to guide my oldest child through his college admissions journey, and I am thrilled for him to start college this fall at exactly where he wants to be. Be patient: deferrals and waitlists Oh, the agony of the deferral!

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CTK College Coach

MAY 12, 2025

This year, our team of essay and admissions coaches at CTK teamed with our dear friend and former colleague Jennie Goldsmith Rothman to run a college access program at Orange High School in Orange (Newark), New Jersey. Building the college list is the most important part of the admissions process for any student.

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Admissions Mom

JANUARY 1, 2025

So many students don’t bother because they see the stats on how few students get in off waitlists and just give up. Im also going to share this blog from the former Director of Admissions at Tulane about what to do if deferred. Copy the general admissions office and the person whose name is on your letter.

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SSA Online College Prep

JANUARY 5, 2024

How do college waitlists work ? How do colleges decide who is admitted off the waitlist? How can I increase my chances of admission ? Read more college admissions tips on our blog ! Waitlisted? Here’s What You Should Know Were you waitlisted and are you now wondering about your odds? Don’t panic.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Re-upping this blog based on a few recent conversations with college and neighborhood friends who have kids in the admission process right now. He told me that after watching his older son go through the admission process he has been telling his current high school senior who is applying to colleges to be prepared to hear “no.”

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Scooter adventure in Tabanan, Bali On March 11, 2024, UT-Austin announced significant changes for the upcoming Freshman Fall 2025 admissions cycle. As of writing, UT has not updated it’s admissions page yet. Early Action deadline of October 15 with a guarantee to receive the admissions decision by January 15.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 6, 2024

As we move through the Spring semester, more and more college admissions decisions will be available to prospective students. However, some students may find themselves placed on a school’s waitlist. A waitlist decision puts prospective students in limbo. Most responses will be a final decision of acceptance or rejection.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

APRIL 4, 2023

After the long process of college applications, it can be tough to be waitlisted at one of your top choice colleges. The first thing to do is to decide if you want to accept a place on the college's waitlist. Some colleges use their waitlists more than others. You can accept a spot on more than one waitlist.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 15, 2024

UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. News & World Report in 2024.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

So you have been waitlisted at UVA; you might be asking yourself, ok, what do I do now? Getting waitlisted isn’t fun, we’re sorry. UVA actually publishes a sizable list of FAQs about their waitlist. They are very transparent about their waitlist, which is honestly refreshing. Who is on the waitlist right now?

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Here is a timeline to stay on track and, hopefully, make the college admissions process a little easier. Here is a list of colleges and universities that are standardized test-optional for the upcoming admissions cycle. Ask for advice on which high school teachers to ask for letters of recommendation.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

If you’ve ended up on this post, you’ve most likely been on the receiving end of a waitlist offer from NYU — or you’re nervous you might get one and want to have a plan of action in advance in case you do. So, if you’ve been waitlisted, it likely has little to do with who you are and has a lot to do with demand for beds.

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Ivy College Essay

MAY 5, 2023

What Are My Chances of Getting Off An Ivy League Waitlist like Harvard? With an acceptance rate of less than 10%, it’s no surprise that many qualified candidates are placed on a waitlist rather than receiving a definitive acceptance or rejection. First, what is a waitlist? You are in limbo, waiting for a decision.

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AdmissionSight

APRIL 1, 2025

Applying to Cornell can feel like a big mountain to climb, but knowing what the admissions team values can help you make the right moves. The factors listed here are based on Cornells Common Data Set for 2024-2025 , which provides a detailed breakdown of what the school considers important in the admissions process. Recommendation(s).

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 28, 2024

If you’re here, you probably made the waitlist for Amherst, and you’re a little worried about what comes next, no fear – we’re here. In 2023, Amherst placed 924 applicants on their waitlist, and 599 students accepted their spot on the waitlist. Out of those 599, 47 were admitted. You should, obvi, say yes. Shockingly easy!

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 3, 2023

Being waitlisted by Stanford is even less likely than getting in. Only about 1% of applicants are offered a space on the waitlist each year, or between 600 and 1200 students depending on application numbers. Then, if they were off a little, they can dip into the waitlist if they need to. How could this be, you ask?

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vanderbilt did not share the number of students who were given a waitlist decision the most recent cycle for which they released comprehensive statistics (2021-2022), but they did share how many students were selected off of the waitlist. That year, 221 students made it off of the waitlist. They see their waitlist as an asset.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you’ve been waitlisted by Columbia, you know the path to admission is very hard, but not completely impossible. Today, we’re going to talk about the actionable things you can do to get off the waitlist. First, let’s see Columbia’s data on their waitlist! …oh. Competitive! But if you’re here, you know that. Never mind.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

JANUARY 31, 2023

There’s so much advice floating around about waitlists and letters of continued interest. Sometimes you can tell when the advice is being dispensed from someone who hasn’t ever sat on the admissions side of the table. So the priorities for the admissions officer are: fill that open seat, and fill it quickly.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

But you are obviously aware of how competitive Penn is because you’re here for something else – waitlist info. Before we talk about how to get off the waitlist, let’s dive into their recent data re: waitlist. Out of those 2,508 students, 147 were admitted off the waitlist. You gotta tell them that you wanna be there!

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While Stanford doesn’t release their “official” admissions numbers, they do release the raw data in the Common Data Set, so we know that in 2022, 56,378 students applied to Stanford and that they accepted 2,075 of those students. But you’re not here for that basic knowledge, you’re here for waitlist info. That’s a 3.6% acceptance rate!

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CTK College Coach

APRIL 10, 2024

First, read the admissions letter. It may provide answers to the following questions: May I send additional letters of recommendation? Will the school consider a letter of continuing interest (LOCI)? What steps can I take if I am wait listed?

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 10, 2023

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all better and make college admissions somehow feel fair and like they make sense, but I haven’t discovered that power in me yet, so I’m gonna stick with providing as much information as I possibly can for those who want it and can use it. Don’t check it obsessively. That’s not healthy.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s a less-than-simple math equation, trying to guess what the yield rate will be — and any students accepted off of the waitlist are a result of that yield guess being off. While we don’t know how many students were waiting on the waitlist, we do know that not a single student was accepted off the waitlist that year.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the 2021-2022 admissions cycle, they admitted 2,730 out of 31,443 applicants, or 8.7%. The following year, for the 2022-2023 admissions cycle, the number of applications continued on an upwards trajectory to 32,373 — and the acceptance rate with 7.7%. 3,112 accepted a spot, and 0 (yes, zero) were admitted. And we’re here to help.

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 26, 2025

Final admissions decisions will be released this week for regular decision applicants. High school seniors have been receiving their final admissions outcomes over the last few weeks of March. Admissions season now unofficially culminates t oday with Ivy Day, when colleges in the Ivy League release their decisions.

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Admissions Mom

MARCH 6, 2024

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all better and make college admissions somehow feel fair and like it makes sense, but I haven’t discovered that power within me — yet, so I’m gonna stick with providing as much information as I possibly can for those who want it and can use it. Don’t check obsessively.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is where the waitlist comes in. Notre Dame has a waitlist, but they don’t share the numbers. In the 2022-2023 Common Data Set, they went so far as to omit the waitlist numbers from the reporting form, even though comparable highly-selective schools share them. That’s simply the cost of playing the waitlist game.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With all the hard work they’ve put into setting themselves up for successful college admissions, it’s important that your child not fall behind during this critical period. In the meantime, please let us know how we can help you crack the the college admissions code. Request letters of recommendation.

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Top Tier Admissions

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As more families turn to private counselors for advice on application strategies and essays, we often hear students asking us if they still need to develop a relationship with their high school counselor at school for the purpose of college admissions. Recommendation Letters. College Admissions Private Counseling.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MAY 8, 2023

Learn the Columbia Medical School acceptance rate and admissions strategies, plus secondary essay examples LEARN HOW TO GET INTO COLUMBIA MEDICAL SCHOOL Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Columbia Medical School MD programs Part 3: How hard is it to get into Columbia Medical School? Part 3: How hard is it to get into Columbia Medical School?

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