Does anyone know how the wait list works exactly? Like are there pools within each third of the waitlist, or is it a list of people that is set in stone /there is no movement within or across thirds?
As far as how the waitlist
works... I always assumed that the waitlist consists
X amount of people, ranked in descending order based on the overall score that the admissions committee ranked you after ~
holistically~ evaluating your profile.
When exactly you get pulled off the waitlist (and thus get offered an acceptance) depends on
when/
how many people that were initially offered but instead decline their offer and choose to attend another school. At that point, the adcom would give
that person's offer to whoever's next-in-line and has the highest score on waitlist. And given the fact that they try to maintain the same ratio of IS (75%) vs. OOS (25%) students every year, I would also assume that your IS vs. OOS waitlist chances depends on a combination of this ratio and also whether that initially accepted person who declined their offer was IS or OOS.
I think the reason they give out the "thirds" description rather than your
actual numerical position on the waitlist is to be helpful by giving you an idea of your
probability of getting an offer, but at the same time, making no promises that
exactly X amount of waitlistees get accepted each year.
Correct me if I'm wrong, this is all just my assumption lol
This is an truly great school that I would have loved to attend in the fall if circumstances were different.
