Booth 2012 - Calling All Waitlist Applicants

Well, my chances are 100% after that sweet video I made

In all seriousness, though, no clue. 30% wouldn't shock me, but anything higher would. I would have guessed lower.



If they are significantly different, or if the proof is missing something, it couldn't hurt to bring it up. Mine looks like my final app, FYI

I'm not sure if this is helpful or not, but I can share a couple of data points that might provide some additional insight:

- The incoming student directory currently lists ~700 students. Now that the R2 deposit deadline has passed, it's safe to assume that all 700 of these students have paid at least their first deposit. I personally know of a few people who paid their deposit, but that are not sure where/if they are attending b-school in the fall. So the ultimate yield out of this pool of 700 could be anywhere from 75%-99%...who knows.

- The Booth Class of 2014 Facebook page has approx. 535 members. I'm not sure if you can draw any conclusions from that, but it's another point to consider.

Hope this helps. I know it doesn't provide a definitive answer, but I always believe that more data and transparency is better than less.

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Hmmm - Assuming all those numbers are correct, then the lowest yield possible for R2 admits is 83% (minimum of 380 R2 deposits (more if anyone in R1 didn't pay 2nd deposit) over 460 R2 admits). Something just seems off about that (wishful thinking, I know).

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Actually, the R1 2nd deposit deadline is in June, so I'd assume most people who paid the R1 deposit are still on the list of incoming students (though some may have dropped off).

But, yeah, I hear you that it would imply an 83% yield for R2 admits, which would be much higher than the historical yield...

I think the key point is that there 700 people who paid the first deposit. Once the second deposit deadline has passed on June 1, I think you'll have a better picture of the wait list situation.

Doesn't 700 seem like a lot? Given that the class size is supposed to be between 550 and 575, I wonder if they underestimated the number of applicants that would accept offers of admission. It would be interesting to know how many people were in the student directory at this time last year.

For what it's worth, last year's thread had a similar meltdown after R1 where they thought there was an 80% yield based on the admitted students page and OMG THE CLASS IS FULL!! Then the last 20 pages are like eleventy million people getting in off the WL in the summer. I'm going to chill for now. I think HBS said they'll begin admitting off the waitlist this week, and then the domino effect begins.

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I think that you should ask the Admissions Office. Mine is the final version.

Hi,

Just one simple, timid question.

After uploading materials, (though 'upload' button with Post-Decision Material of Upload Materials section, and 'Edit Portfolio' button of Portfolio section)
I realized that there is no submission button!! and no email notification of delivery!!

Is just uploading the end of the process?

It is quite terrifying to imagine they have not received all the work I have done.

Thank you

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Only update I can provide is that the number of admitted students in the director is now around 630. Not surprisingly, this number has declined a bit following the Wharton and HBS deposit deadlines.

There may be some people who are on wait lists at other schools, paid deposits at multiple schools and have yet to decide, or may decide to skip b-school altogether. I have no idea how to estimate that number...could be 5%, could be 25%.

Good luck to everyone still waiting.

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keep in mind that this 630 number may include folks from R1 who have paid deposit deadline and have not withdrawn from Booth yet (although they intend to matriculate at another school). the second deposit deadline is June 1st, so would be interesting to see how that changes the numbers. in my case, I declined Booth R2 and my account was deleted the next day.

Was just going through my old docs and I realized that my waitlist update letter to Booth has a typo in the very last sentence. Whoops

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