I was also waitlisted and sent an email asking my position to him this morning and still haven't heard. If anyone hears from him regarding their position can you write in this chat so we know if they are giving out this info or not?
Cool. Mid May sounds like a great time to start thinking about this.
I was really hoping I would know definitively today whether or not I needed to start working on a reapplication. It’s tough because I feel like no other schools go this late.
Yours got lost or something my dude. I’d call admissions.
When they mailed the initial hold letter to me on a Friday I got it on a Saturday because I live so close. With that said, I have not received a final decision letter yet which I think is odd. Although I'm also not in a rush to read that I'm an alternate, especially when they don't even have the order finalized yet. So I'll probably wait till Friday before I contact them about it.
Memphian?
Maybe, but the top, middle, & bottom thirds are also smaller so for those in the top third the chance of getting an acceptance could be the same. Plus there are people who will get accepted from the alternate list who could decide to defer a year.
True, top third will go as high as ~70 this year though. Wouldn't surprise me if the alt list only goes around 30 deep this year. I've just never seen this many people get accepted as final decision. Makes me think a lot of these people getting accepted at their final decision would've just been highly ranked alternate list people had they made final decisions in mid-April.
Yeah this is a good data dig. But honestly I still think it’s just super hard to tell if things are gonna be normal, since the drop in waitlisters is so unprecedented. I think anyone who can get Strother on the phone when they inquire about their waitlist spot should ask about it when they call, and try to get a good idea as to why the waitlist is so much smaller and if they think movement will be affected by it.
Well that disproves my theory that all the acceptances were mailed out on 4/27. Congrats
Did you call Strother to ask about the alternate list?
+1
I'll probably roll right into another cycle. I've got things to add and change to my current application but not everything will be brand new. I imagine it wont be as taxing as the first go through.
I emailed him Monday and replied this morning via email.
How did you find out top third? I emailed Strother Monday asking and still haven’t hear what part I am on, I am the only one he hasn’t responded to?!
I am curious about this as well. In earlier years, people were told specific numbers like "top 20" or "top 45". So then, does top third mean 1-70 or is it 50-70? Hopefully someone who was told something more specific will comment!
