Class of 2023 Waitlist Notification Dates and Stats
For those of you that have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here’s a list of 2018 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.
Our sample of waitlist statistics from 138 private and public institutions paints the following picture:
- On average, 11 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted
- 71 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the wait list last year
- 57 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less
- 24 percent admitted no one
There are several factors driving the low rates, including the size of the waitlist (often very large), and how well a school anticipates its admissions yield.
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Class of 2023 Waitlist Notification Dates and 2018 Statistics
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| Institution | Waitlist Offered (2018) | Waitlist Accepted (2018) | Waitlist Admitted (2018) | Admit Rate (2018) | Notification Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 4,598 | 760 | 188 | 25% | by 5/15 | Link |
| Amherst | 1,482 | 836 | 0 | 0% | Link | |
| Babson | 1,852 | 746 | 5 | 1% | ||
| Bates | 1,903 | 994 | 0 | 0% | most by 6/30, no later than 8/1 | Link |
| Boston College | 7,566 | 2,953 | 273 | 9% | ||
| Brandeis | 1,844 | 721 | 1 | 0% | ||
| Brown | 2,724 | 1,634 | 86 | 5% | ||
| Bryn Mawr | 450 | 244 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Bucknell | 2,726 | 1,188 | 78 | 7% | by 8/1 | Link |
| Cal Poly SLO | 6,643 | 2,436 | by 5/15 | Link | ||
| Carnegie Mellon | 3,677 | 2,310 | 109 | 5% | priority waitlist begins 5/6, regular waitlist begins 6/1 | Link |
| Claremont McKenna | 1,037 | 651 | 25 | 4% | ||
| Clemson | 2,715 | 1,153 | 449 | 39% | reviewed early May | Link |
| Colby | 2,395 | 1,035 | 4 | 0% | Link | |
| Colgate | 1,788 | 1,007 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Holy Cross | 1,581 | 752 | 0 | 0% | ||
| William & Mary | 4,133 | 2,172 | 94 | 4% | As of 5/10, plan to admit some from WL by end of June | Link |
| Colorado College | 851 | 244 | 60 | 25% | most by mid-May, some as late as June | Link |
| Colorado School of Mines | 1,280 | 426 | 16 | 4% | by 5/18 | Link |
| Columbia | Link | |||||
| Connecticut College | 1,385 | 574 | 22 | 4% | After 5/1 | Link |
| Cornell | 6,683 | 4,546 | 164 | 4% | Another round of WL offers for engineering being considered for week of 5/20 | Link |
| Dartmouth | 1,925 | 1,292 | 0 | 0% | As of 5/29, waitlist closed | Link |
| Davidson | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link | ||||
| Dickinson | 644 | 216 | 9 | 4% | begins mid-April | Link |
| Elon | 1,696 | 508 | 86 | 17% | Link | |
| Emory | 4,983 | 2,660 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Georgetown | 2,473 | 1,571 | 50 | 3% | 1,585 committed, will add from WL to bring up to 1,650 between now and September. Foreign Service, Business and Nursing to add 5-10 students, remainder for Georgetown College | Link |
| Georgia Tech | 3,511 | 2,265 | 72 | 3% | by 6/1 | Link |
| Grinnell | 1,447 | 724 | 33 | 5% | ||
| Hamilton | 1,406 | 759 | 28 | 4% | begins early May | Link |
| Harvey Mudd | 509 | 327 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Haverford | 1,349 | 613 | 11 | 2% | ||
| James Madison | 3,713 | 1,950 | 445 | 23% | majority in June, as late as 8/1 | Link |
| Johns Hopkins | 3,555 | 2,179 | 207 | 9% | majority after 5/1 | Link |
| Kenyon | 1,857 | 907 | 4 | 0% | update after 5/1 | Link |
| Lafayette | 2,332 | 948 | 2 | 0% | ||
| Lehigh | 7,737 | 3,358 | 69 | 2% | ||
| Lewis & Clark | 390 | 122 | 7 | 6% | late April to mid-May | Link |
| Macalester | 426 | 238 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Middlebury | 1,215 | 914 | 24 | 3% | early May to mid-June | Link |
| Miami - Oxford | 1,527 | 331 | 72 | 22% | by 8/1 | Link |
| MIT | 460 | 381 | 0 | 0% | As of 5/10, 17 of 408 admitted from WL, now closed | Link |
| NYU | As of 5/21, 350 admitted off waitlist plus some spring admits, next update in June | Link | ||||
| NC State | 4,133 | 4,127 | 20 | 0% | by 6/15 | Link |
| Northwestern | 2,861 | 1,859 | 24 | 1% | ||
| Oberlin | 1,290 | 1,188 | 83 | 7% | ||
| Occidental | 1,095 | 568 | 8 | 1% | ||
| Pitzer | 707 | 234 | 4 | 2% | ||
| Pomona | 826 | 527 | 67 | 13% | update early-mid May | Link |
| Princeton | 1,125 | 844 | 0 | 0% | As of 3/28, 902 placed on WL | Link |
| Purdue | 5,276 | 4,409 | 565 | 13% | ||
| RPI | 5,769 | 3,845 | 3 | 0% | ||
| Rhodes | 1,253 | 306 | 42 | 14% | ||
| Rice | 2,080 | 1,328 | 17 | 1% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Santa Clara | 2,620 | 1,776 | 149 | 8% | ||
| Scripps | 780 | 388 | 4 | 1% | begins mid-May | Link |
| Sewanee | 513 | 101 | 9 | 9% | ||
| Skidmore | 2,459 | 486 | 137 | 28% | ||
| Smith | 923 | 458 | 68 | 15% | ||
| SMU | 1,746 | 736 | 21 | 3% | Link | |
| Stanford | 870 | 681 | 30 | 4% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Swarthmore | 40 | |||||
| Syracuse | 6,523 | 2,087 | 609 | 29% | ||
| Trinity College | by 7/1 | Link | ||||
| Tufts | 1,957 | 723 | 8 | 1% | by early June | Link |
| Tulane | 10,384 | 3,111 | 2 | 0% | by 6/1 | Link |
| Union College | 1,045 | 516 | 13 | 3% | beginning early May | Link |
| UC Davis | 9,213 | 3,207 | 24 | 1% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UC Irvine | 12,522 | 6,428 | 136 | 2% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UC Riverside | 11,058 | 6,695 | 1,143 | 17% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSB | 7,856 | 4,883 | 14 | 0% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Georgia | 1,257 | 704 | 32 | 5% | As of 5/3, 150 admitted off waitlist, all decisions completed in coming weeks | Link |
| UMass Amherst | 6,250 | 2,911 | 8 | 0% | beginning mid-May | Link |
| Michigan | 14,893 | 6,000 | 415 | 7% | by late June | Link |
| UNC - Chapel Hill | 4,977 | 2,300 | 22 | 1% | As of 5/3, small group of students admitted from WL, final decisions by 6/30 | Link |
| Notre Dame | 1,450 | 912 | 20 | 2% | mid-May | Link |
| Oregon | 264 | 105 | 69 | 66% | by 6/14 | Link |
| UPenn | 3,535 | 2,561 | 9 | 0% | ||
| URichmond | 3,653 | 1,243 | 28 | 2% | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link |
| U Rochester | 2,060 | 550 | 60 | 11% | ||
| USD | 2,205 | 903 | 2 | 0% | After 5/1 | Link |
| Virginia | 5,972 | 3,588 | 13 | 0% | As of 5/29, waitlist closed | Link |
| Vassar | 1,138 | 566 | 48 | 8% | early May to 7/1 | Link |
| Virginia Tech | 3,485 | 2,404 | 0 | 0% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Washington and Lee | 1,689 | 801 | 2 | 0% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Wellesley | 1,909 | 1,245 | 36 | 3% | 2nd week in May to 6/30 | Link |
| Wesleyan | 1,965 | 1,098 | 0 | 0% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Wheaton - MA | 73 | 36 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Williams | 1,772 | 653 | 76 | 12% | by 6/30 | Link |
| WPI | 3,202 | 1,092 | 153 | 14% | ||
| Yale | 984 offered place on waitlist | Link |