Admissions.Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tulane’s Gibson Hall Tulane will release Early Decision II (EDII) notifications to first-year applicants on Monday, February 5, at 5:00 p.m. Tulane also prioritized avoided waitlisting students EDII applicants who were deferred in the Early Action round as to not leave them in limbo for a second time.

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Berkeley² Academy

MARCH 2, 2024

Applying to colleges with early decision, early action, or rolling decision deadlines may have gotten you responses from some schools as early as December or January! Now, other early decision, regular decision, and rolling decision deadlines will be preparing to release results in February, March, or early April.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 26, 2024

If you are waitlisted, deferred, or denied, the only way to see it is on the portal, so you have probably already checked it at least once. While they will mail you a letter if you are accepted, even that decision is available on the portal before it is sent out.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2024

Should you apply to medical school via early decision? Pros and cons Part 4: Early decision application strategies Part 5: Frequently asked questions about early decision for medical school Part 6: List of early decision medical schools - Part 1: Introduction What is the Early Decision Program for medical school?

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Whether you’re aiming for Regular Decision or going all in with Early Decision, getting familiar with these details can sharpen your strategy and, hopefully, up your chances of receiving that acceptance letter. That’s because the number of Early Decision applications has steadily risen, making the competition even tougher.

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Ivy College Essay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Early Action or Early Decision: Ivy College Admissions. Choosing Early Action over Early Decision can be confusing. Early Action and Early Decision are both college application STRATEGIES. Early Action versus Early Decision: The Definitions. I think yes.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 10, 2024

And while students do get waitlisted, it’s really tough to get off the Carnegie Mellon waitlist. All waitlists are hard to get off. News & World Report , Carnegie Mellon is one of the top 10 hardest schools in America to get off the waitlist. The Priority Waiting List is basically like an early decision pledge.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In fact, we’re guessing you recently received a waitlist decision from Boston College and are trying to decide what to do next. First, though, let’s get the ‘lay of the land’ for the BC waitlist. In the spring of 2021 , over 13,000 students received a waitlist decision from BC. Just 13 were eventually admitted —.1%

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Princeton College Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While being deferred or waitlisted can be disappointing and in many respects can feel like a rejection, it is important to understand what being deferred or waitlisted means. With deferrals and waitlists you are still very much in the game but what you do from that point forward can make a significant difference.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 4, 2024

Being waitlisted can be a pretty stressful process, especially if it’s for your dream school. In this article, we’ve put together some tips and information that will help you have the best chance of turning your waitlist notice into an acceptance letter. It’s neither a guarantee nor a rejection, so the uncertainty can be overwhelming.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 19, 2024

VANDERBILT: RECORD-LOW ACCEPTANCE RATE While initially declining to report Early Decision statistics , we now know that Vanderbilt received 5,835 ED applicants to the Class of 2028, the most in its history. of students in the Regular Decision admissions round, for an overall acceptance rate of just 5.1%.

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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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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This year, they accepted 850 students for the 2023 freshman class, with an Early Decision acceptance rate of 26%. While we don’t know how many students they offered spots on the waitlist, nor how many accepted spots on the waitlist, we do know that in 2023 they only accepted 29 waitlisted students.

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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?

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Ivy College Essay

DECEMBER 15, 2023

What to Do if You Are Waitlisted – Ivy League College Admissions Letter of Continued Interest: The College Waitlist What to do if you are waitlisted? College waitlists can be a frustrating experience for students. However, being waitlisted is not necessarily the end of the road. The adcom is BUSY.

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StandOut College Prep

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Have you been deferred or waitlisted from college?

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, 895 students were admitted Early Decision, leaving just 828 spots in the first-year class for Regular Decision applicants, resulting in an acceptance rate of just 3.6%. Historically, the waitlist has been a key part of Brown’s admissions strategy. The waitlist is not first-come first-served. Very few will.

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The Koppelman Group

APRIL 7, 2023

Most recently, 46% of the class was filled in the early decision cycle and the acceptance rate for that cohort was 19% , an all-time low for the university. This rise in exclusivity has impacted the waitlist process, too. Those aren’t great odds, so you should probably call-in help if you’re eyeing a shot at the waitlist.

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Admissions.Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Northwestern previously admitted about half of its incoming Class of 2027 through Early Decision, and the university’s overall admit rate will stay roughly 7%. This means that Northwestern’s Early Decisions acceptance rate now hovers around 20%. Northwestern’s Fall 2022 ED applicant pool grew by 3.5%

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Admissions Madness

JULY 9, 2022

Many of these issues come down to Early Decision and Action processes that I discussed in the previous video. Most early applicants are deferred until the regular admissions deadline when their application is considered among all other applicants. Another tool in the enrollment manager’s kit is the elusive waitlist.

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Spark Admissions

MAY 30, 2023

More Active Waitlists Finally, just as colleges have tried to maximize their yield up front, they have also made increasing use of waitlists compared to years past. For these reasons, selective colleges and Ivy League schools have been making more active use of their waitlists in recent years.

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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? Before diving into the technical steps of how to commit to a college, take a moment to reflect on your decision. How Do You Commit to a College?

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 18, 2024

Those of you who have heard good news from your Early Decision and Early Action schools can start looking forward to your freshman year of college. SENIORS: FINISH THE YEAR STRONG Keep your grades up: Especially for students who have been admitted in the Early Decision round, it’s easy to assume you can take the spring off.

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Top Tier Admissions

MARCH 21, 2023

See Williams’ official announcement below: The College admitted 858 students on March 17 through its regular decision process, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01. This year, the College received 10,315 applications in the regular decision round, a decline of more than a quarter since last year.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Applicants who accept their offers of admission will join the 255 incoming students admitted through the early decision program in December to form the Class of 2027. In addition to the 858 students who were accepted, 14 students were deferred from the early decision round.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this guide, you’ll find everything you need to know about UPenn’s Regular Decision release date, as well as its Early Decision, how Early Decision works differently from Regular Decision, and a few tips to help you handle the wait for results. When Does UPenn RD and ED Decisions Come Out?

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Elite Open School

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all applications eventually end in one of these results, applicants are often either first deferred or waitlisted along the way. What does it mean to be deferred or waitlisted to college? And if you’ve been waitlisted to your dream college, what should you do? Step #2: Understand why you’ve been waitlisted.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

(Recommended reading: Every ACT and SAT Question You Have for College Admissions ) Decide whether you’d like to apply to colleges via early action or early decision. They also vary with regard to early action, early decision, and regular decision. When are college applications due?

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ACM College Consulting

JULY 3, 2024

Early Action vs Early Decision and Regular Decision Personal statement/college essay topics Extracurricular activities and how to shape your resume Who, how and when to ask for recommendation letters What to do if your application is deferred or you are waitlisted FAFSA The importance of campus visits Is demonstrated interest important?

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Over the next few weeks, many schools will release their early application decisions - especially those with binding early decision plans (some non-binding early action decisions will not come in until January or even February). You agreed to do this when you signed the early decision form.

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CTK College Coach

JUNE 27, 2024

Be patient: deferrals and waitlists Oh, the agony of the deferral! I have walked countless students through deferrals from early action and early decision schools, but when my own child was deferred from his first choice school, it was fairly devastating for him, and therefore for me. They just had to let life play out.

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Spark Admissions

JULY 7, 2022

University of Michigan: Finally, one of the biggest surprises of the 2021-2022 application cycle was the steep uptick in rejections, deferrals, and waitlisting from the University of Michigan, particularly for students applying from other states.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Early decision and early action applications usually have deadlines in November of your senior year, while most regular decision applications are due between January 1 and March 1. Submit your early decision application if that’s the route you’ve chosen. Get your regular application decisions.

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BestColleges

APRIL 23, 2024

For some, that begins with early admissions programs, especially Early Decision (ED), which, unlike Early Action, is binding, meaning students must commit to attend if offered a spot. In this case, that drawing board is the waitlist, the “maybe” of college admissions. But just how does the waitlist affect yield?

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College Essay Guy

APRIL 5, 2024

We’ll explain what deferred means, why colleges defer applicants, the difference between deferred vs waitlisted, and how you can improve your chances of still gaining admission. Deferred vs waitlisted What do I do if I’m deferred? What does waitlisted mean, and how is it different from deferred? Let’s begin. There’s more.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

Early Action deadline of October 15 with a guarantee to receive the admissions decision by January 15. Introduction of a waitlist for the first time in many years. 1, with a guaranteed decision communicated by Feb. A Waitlist Like the essay change, I support this modification.

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Admissions Village

JUNE 19, 2024

Admissions Decision: The outcome determined by a college's admissions committee regarding a student's application. Possible decisions include acceptance/admission, deferral to the regular decision pool (for applications submitted in the early rounds), placement on a waitlist, or denial of admission.

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