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Web Update: University admits 86 waitlisted high school seniors

Written by Reilly Kiernan, Senior Writer
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2008

 

Updated May 12, 2008 2:45 p.m. 

When Brian Contratto, a high school senior from San Diego, Calif., found out that he had been waitlisted at Princeton, his first choice for college, he elected to stay on the waitlist ...

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  • 12:25 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    09

    Congrats waitlisters!

  • 12:51 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    earlyadmit

    This no early admissions thing was just a trick by Harvard to increase its yield and decrease the yield of its competitors. They just threw in the idea about "helping minorities" to trick places like Princeton into going along with their scheme.

  • 1:17 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    09 @Earlyadmit

    Duh.

  • 1:59 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    ugrad @ "09 @Earlyadmit"

    You and I agree, but I've spoken to several people who seemed appalled by the very idea that Harvard would be so petty.

  • 8:15 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    '11

    I don't get it. Why would dropping early admissions hurt Princeton's yield but not hurt Harvard's yield?

  • 8:46 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    @ '11

    Harvard's always had a higher yield than Princeton, so the fear was that if there wasn't a sizable portion of the class committing early, the yield would suffer because kids admitted to P are rather liekly to have been admitted to H also.

  • 9:26 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    Nan

    Does Kiernan have the facts right? The New York Times reported that Princeton expects to take 90- that Harvard plans to offer admisson to 150.... They did not report that 90 have already been taken off the waitlist.

    The Daily Princetonian's first report on admission stats for the class of 2012 was completley wrong and they had to issue a correction. Did you get the story right or wrong this time?

  • 10:17 a.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    Crusty Alum

    Congrats wait-listers. Sorry you're getting gamed. Did the anonymous poster on earlier admissions threads get admitted off the wait-list? I hope so!

  • 4:09 p.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    weird

    Isn't it a little embarrassing (for them) to reveal the names of students who were wait-listed?

  • 5:33 p.m. on May 12th, 2008
    Posted by
    Brian Contratto

    I didn't mind that they used my name...Not sure why it would be "embarrassing".

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