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AdmissionSight
MARCH 20, 2025
On this day, youll be notified whether youve been accepted, denied, or waitlisted into your chosen school or schools. This huge jump is mainly because of factors shaped by COVID-19, particularly colleges implementing test-optional policies , which made it easier for students to apply without standardized test scores.
AdmissionSight
JANUARY 23, 2025
On this day, youll be notified whether youve been accepted, denied, or waitlisted into your chosen school or schools. This huge jump is mainly because of factors shaped by COVID-19, particularly colleges implementing test-optional policies , which made it easier for students to apply without standardized test scores.
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Solomon Admissions
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Instead of a cheery acceptance letter or even a denial, however, you find that you’ve been deferred (or waitlisted). Is being deferred better or worse than being waitlisted? What should you do in response to a deferral or a waitlist decision? Deferred vs. Waitlisted What do these decisions mean? What does this mean?
Admissions Madness
JULY 9, 2022
Occasionally, deferred students are offered a spot on the waitlist, a kind of double-limbo. Another tool in the enrollment manager’s kit is the elusive waitlist. No applicant knows why they’re “invited to join” the waitlist rather than outright denied. Some years, everyone gains admission off the waitlist. I’m doubtful.
StandOut College Prep
DECEMBER 27, 2022
And when colleges have more applications to read in the regular decision round, this will lead to more students being waitlisted. Have you been deferred or waitlisted from college? If you have been deferred or waitlisted, it can be an emotional roller coaster as you wait several months to find out what the ultimate decision will be.
Simply Admissions
MAY 17, 2022
These policies likely contributed to both the increase in applicants and the lower acceptance rate. Many colleges overenrolled last year’s incoming class because the historical models they use to shape their policies couldn’t account for COVID’s impact. This meant there were fewer spots to begin with this year.
Shemmassian Academic Consulting
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The No Barriers policy ensures all students who attend the school can graduate debt-free. And I believe that the academic philosophy and culture of UChicago will help me to achieve my potential in my chosen fields of law, public policy, or community organizing. Who gets into UChicago?
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