Get our introductory offer at only
$0
.99*/month
Cancel anytime
*$0.99/month for first 3 months
$29.90/month for the next 9 months
You are here
Top US colleges putting thousands of applicants in wait-list limbo
Such offers far outnumber seats in the entering classes at many of those schools
Last year, Dartmouth College (above) admitted 129 from a wait list of 963, amounting to roughly 10 per cent of the entering class. But Dartmouth did not admit any wait-listed applicants in 2014.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
University of Chicago (above) reveals little about its wait lists.
PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
New York
STUDENTS applying to top colleges crave to hear "yes!" when decisions roll out in March and brace themselves for "no". But huge numbers get a vague answer that is neither admission nor denial - a tantalising "maybe" - with an invitation to join a wait list.
Wait-list...
Please log in to continue reading.
