phillymba2012 wrote:
A buddy of mine also just got off of the waitlist last Friday afternoon (day after the deposit deadline). Does anybody have insight into how the Wharton waitlist has worked in years past? Does everyone think that they already took who they wanted off of the waitlist on Friday, and the rest of us on the waitlist are just waiting for the ding on May 14? Or does everyone think they are still evaluating the waitlist right now?
Also, I don't know if this has been touched upon in this thread so far, but in so far as the admissions committee stating that they don't "rank order" the waitlist, I have to believe that it is somewhat of a lie. With the deposit deadline last Thursday, and the admissions committee immediately accepting folks off of the waitlist on Friday, they must have some idea who their top picks are within the finance bucket, marketing bucket, operations bucket, non-profit bucket, etc.
I think the evaluations are still on because many people on R1 waitlist got accepted the day R2 results came out. Also, there is a definite "rank" and I have it on good authority to be true.