And may the odds be ever in your favor
And one new day of waiting starts for us.
this whole concept is completely stupid. why can't they just release everything (acceptances/rejections/waitlists) on the same day by email and let everyone know that date (like Yale)?
i think we can both agree that the constant waiting and not knowing is immensely more stressful than knowing for sure the date when decisions will be released.
The current system does help some people out. I got my acceptance at the end of November/early December in the year I applied and that allowed me to cancel interviews I had lined up for late Jan/early February. It's not that they don't make any decisions until the end of the cycle, it's just that the people in the middle of the interviewee pool don't hear until rather late.
Waitlisted. It must be tough to get in here 👎
According to their email: "Historically we have experienced wide variation in Waiting List activity from year to year, but in general we plan to admit additional candidates. In some years the number is small; in others, close to two dozen." So if they waitlist 200 students, it's only about a 10% chance.
I interviewed recently (3/20) and remember being told that prior to May 15 Dartmouth offers around 200 acceptances. Once the 15th rolls around and they get a better idea of how many accept the offer, they start making offers to those on the waitlist. Bill Brown told us that when all was said and done, generally around 300 offers go out. Perhaps the 24 they are referring to are the number of people who actually attend after being waitlisted and then offered a spot.
Interesting....but I thought that they do not over accept?
Either way, still nothing on my end (interviewed beginning of Feb; international student).... 🙁
Anyone else got reply of any kind (accept/waitlists/rejects) from Dartmouth today besides Chrome16?
Interesting....but I thought that they do not over accept?
I guess they know enough about the percentage of folks that are accepted who will matriculate to be certain that 200 will not fill all the slots.
Am I correct in thinking that the document you just posted is now about 12 years old?http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring00/html/vs_admissions.shtml
That link above might give you an idea as to why you got on the waitlist. Perhaps you weren't just good enough. (I kid!) 😀
Am I correct in thinking that the document you just posted is now about 12 years old?
I have a feeling that no more acceptances will be.released and that we are just on a long waitlist 🙁
http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring00/html/vs_admissions.shtml
That link above might give you an idea as to why you got on the waitlist. Perhaps you weren't just good enough. (I kid!) 😀
I just thought of an interesting hypothesis relating to the admission cycle results this week.
I think that the later you receive a notification, the higher you are on the waitlist. Obviously, there will be some people who decline acceptances late March/early April due to other acceptances elsewhere (especially in Top 30 schools like Dartmouth). As a result, it naturally makes sense, from an administrative perspective, to send these acceptances to others next on the applicant ranking.
Of course, it is possible to waitlist the next applicant on the list first then wait till May 15th. However, that wouldn't be very efficient would it? Plus, it may lower Dartmouth's yield rate (since people may be less interested to attend).
As a result, for those ranked higher, they are held until late March/Early April in case someone decides to withdraw from Dartmouth and an offer of acceptance can be offer to the next on the list.
What do you guys think? (obviously my self-justification for not receiving anything to date)
Really not sure what to make of the lack of post-interview rejections to balance earlier acceptances. It seems to throw the entire system as described out of whack.
I developed the same hypothesis this week! I have also not received word and interviewed in March. This theory helps me hold onto my sanity.
+1, although the theory makes sense it's mostly just us trying to make us feel better.
We could just be that batch of interviewers who failed so badly that Dartmouth felt too impolite to reject us the day after we interviewed.
I agree with you Lunt. That was actually the second part of my hypothesis. It is also possible that people who are rejected are held till later. It explains why, so far, there hasn't been anyone posting any post-interview rejections. but yeah i sorta lost 95% of my confidence of being able to predict stuff after yale rejection when I thought that the interview went pretty darn good hahaha 🙁
This entire process has been one hell of a rollarcoaster ride.
i've passed the 200-day mark this week!
well, take what you have (a top 20 school already no?) and don't worry about what you don't. Since there's nothing i can do right now, i've been telling myself i'm rejected so that i don't feel bad in case i actually am.
wtf???? 😵 sorry to hear that bro! 🙁
to lighten up the mood a bit, here is my pride of being a canadian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxFn3sAw68&feature=fvst
Accepted! Interviewed mid-March. Looks like there are still acceptances out there!
Anyone get good news today? Any news?