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Deliberations on the waitlist began yesterday and will be completed by July 1. Fitzsimmons predicted that 65 to 75 students will be accepted from the waitlist this year, a decrease from recent years...
...percentage of waitlisted students who accept an offer of admission is generally higher than those admitted in the first round of decisions, Fitzsimmons said, sometimes topping 90 percent. These students’ decision to remain on the waitlist indicates their interest in attending Harvard if accepted. Thus, their addition to the class will likely cause the yield to top the 76 percent mark where it has remained for the past two years...
...students who received admission offers from another college’s waitlist might also choose not to attend Harvard, he added...
More students than ever are being waitlisted at top universities and “the waitlist will keep senior slide a myth,” said Tim Lear, director of college counseling at The Pingry School in Martinsville...
...rejects from Harvard’s class of 2014, rejoice! Your rejection letter might be putting you on the path to fame and fortune. And for those who don’t believe us, well, hopefully you are on the waitlist...