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Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:21 pm
by mylifeis24
This has been a very strange cycle for me. I've been accepted to CCN, but waitlisted or held at Penn, Northwestern, Cornell and Michigan. But I've also been accepted at GULC, Vanderbilt, GW, and Duke, as well as UVA. Seems like with the exception of UVA, I've been accepted to the top and bottom tiers of T20, but not the middle. What's up with that? Is this YP?
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:27 pm
by Cal Trask
This is a weird humblebrag. Maybe YP, who knows.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:35 pm
by paglababa
Could be, some schools also don't respond if you don't show interest / write why essays. I never heard back from Virgina at all, no peep, submitted in Nov.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:41 pm
by Brettanomyces
This has been a funky-ass cycle altogether.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:46 pm
by paglababa
Brettanomyces wrote:This has been a funky-ass cycle altogether.
Yea, most unexpected was YP by Columbia. So many ppl above both 75ths waiting in the held thread. That one blew my mind.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:51 pm
by Brettanomyces
paglababa wrote:Brettanomyces wrote:This has been a funky-ass cycle altogether.
Yea, most unexpected was YP by Columbia. So many ppl above both 75ths waiting in the held thread. That one blew my mind.
Columbia is out of its mind this cycle. I also wouldn't be surprised if this were the most waitlist/hold-heavy T14 cycle in recent years.
B and Y are doing some really strange things, too--but don't they always?
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:01 pm
by cham
Similar stuff has happened to me. This cycle is extremely weird.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:54 pm
by a.sleepyhead
YP, weird cycle, etc etc - at least you have some really good options.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:46 pm
by paglababa
Brettanomyces wrote:paglababa wrote:Brettanomyces wrote:This has been a funky-ass cycle altogether.
Yea, most unexpected was YP by Columbia. So many ppl above both 75ths waiting in the held thread. That one blew my mind.
Columbia is out of its mind this cycle. I also wouldn't be surprised if this were the most waitlist/hold-heavy T14 cycle in recent years.
B and Y are doing some really strange things, too--but don't they always?
IDK, i didn't apply to either of them lolol
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:50 pm
by koval
cham wrote:Similar stuff has happened to me. This cycle is extremely weird.
+1, also I second that some schools don't seem to respond well when you don't write a "why" essay.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:06 pm
by mylifeis24
dcruss wrote:cham wrote:Similar stuff has happened to me. This cycle is extremely weird.
+1, also I second that some schools don't seem to respond well when you don't write a "why" essay.
I wrote a Why essay for Penn, but still nothing.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:13 pm
by aboutmydaylight
Did you get any money from the bottom schools? A case could be made for YPing students that are likely admits at higher ranked schools but not desirable enough to throw money at them. You'd expect a pattern like this where a lot of your targets would waitlist you but you'd get money from lower ranked schools and acceptances from higher ranked schools.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:14 pm
by capt_slow
Please teach me your ways
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:25 pm
by mylifeis24
aboutmydaylight wrote:Did you get any money from the bottom schools? A case could be made for YPing students that are likely admits at higher ranked schools but not desirable enough to throw money at them. You'd expect a pattern like this where a lot of your targets would waitlist you but you'd get money from lower ranked schools and acceptances from higher ranked schools.
Only heard back regarding money from Vandy ($105K), UVA ($75K) and GULC ($60K).
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:46 am
by wsparker
This kind of happened to me too, but it was not YP because I do not have the numbers for that. It is frustrating to have the option of (probably) sticker at Chicago or basically full ride outside of the T14. I wish I had a middle option. BTW, I did write Why Duke & Why Michigan and will be sending a LOCI to UVA.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:34 pm
by Wiggly
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Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:47 pm
by paglababa
JSWright101 wrote:My cycle is just strange so far (I don't think anyone really likes me actually - except Berkeley which really does?). 174/4.04. Weak softs. Boring Undergrad. Gay male (mentioned in PS). Weird, 'non-academic' major: music.
Got accepted to Berkeley roughly a week after applying (which got me all excited for what was to come), then waitlisted at UCLA a week after that (YP I guess?), then nothing for a month until a Hold from Columbia
, a JS1 from Harvard
and a ding from Yale
all in like four days. Deafening radio silence from NYU (still UR1), Michigan and Stanford. Hoping for that JS2 (because otherwise my current options are Berkeley, Berkeley and Berkeley who has yet to give me any financial info - they're a great school obviously but I was hoping for a selection). *sigh*
Wow, gay AND above both 75ths? How late did you apply bro / how was your PS and recs? I'd have guessed 2/3 of the HYS and easy in at CCNect.
Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:57 pm
by Wiggly
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Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:04 pm
by Wiggly
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Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:23 pm
by mirroroferised7
I don't think LGBT is a super great URM boost. I wrote a diversity statement about my LGBT status, and that got me all of zero places with the T6.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:29 pm
by Wiggly
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Re: Accepted to the Extremes but Waitlisted in the Middle?
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:36 pm
by Arrow4Christ
JSWright101 wrote:My cycle is just strange so far (I don't think anyone really likes me actually - except Berkeley which really does?). 174/4.04. Weak softs. Boring Undergrad. Gay male (mentioned in PS). Weird, 'non-academic' major: music.
Got accepted to Berkeley roughly a week after applying (which got me all excited for what was to come), then waitlisted at UCLA a week after that (YP I guess?), then nothing for a month until a Hold from Columbia
, a JS1 from Harvard
and a ding from Yale
all in like four days. Deafening radio silence from NYU (still UR1), Michigan and Stanford. Hoping for that JS2 (because otherwise my current options are Berkeley, Berkeley and Berkeley who has yet to give me any financial info - they're a great school obviously but I was hoping for a selection). *sigh*
I'm mainly surprised at you not hearing from NYU yet…I'm willing to bet you'll get in before it's over. Columbia is being bizarre this year and Yale only admits something like 40-50 people from KJD (assuming you're KJD). I've had a similarish cycle with similarish numbers so far, and we applied at around the same time, so I think it has a lot to do with this just being a weird cycle fraught with unusual YP. And, hey, I don't know about you, but getting a JS2 would make my entire cycle incredibly successful in my book, and we've both still got that on the table
Edit: typo
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:06 pm
by Wiggly
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