Hey, just thought I'd post on what I've learnt in the last two hours
perusing last year's thread about this WL/Deffered ordeal...
Basically, it seemed that the last two years BCOM had four types of lists:
-accepted
-waitlisted
-deferred acceptance (the interviewed students were great candidates that they wanted to straight accept; but there weren't any available seats and so they had a spot in the following class year - this list seemed to form during the Jan interviews onward)
-rejected
While, I am having a bit of trouble understanding why they would have two forms of limbo (WL & DA), a previous post in that thread said the school maybe made quick judgments and gave out many early acceptances without anticipating the number of people who would apply. As the application and interview season continued, even more tempting candidates came along and so BCOM created this confusing form of limbo. I'm guessing the large of amount of movement of WL/DA mentioned was due to lots of candidates rejecting their interviews later on in the cycle or rejecting their acceptances as something more agreeable for them came along. The deposit of 3k within 30 days also helps with turnover, and I think the the deposit window shortens significantly as the cycle continues. For example, instead of 30 days it's 15 days, then 1 week, etc.
Being waitlisted, I am curious as to whether the Deferred Acceptance list will occur this year or just have a single waiting list.
Also, I couldn't see when the WL started moving, I know from other schools, sometimes an acceptance maybe given before May or other times a candidate has to wait that tortuously for interview season to end. Given BCOM seems to be rolling, I wonder if they'll extend interviews until end April and if they'll make those who interviewed October and earlier wait until after April to hear something.