There seems to be two camps here this virtual II cycle--
a) Those that will attend all II's because they can and believe they can negotiate better financial results (or generally are gunners by nature and feel the need to attend interviews to schools they will not attend).
b) Those that will stop attending II's after they have received their top choice.
That being said, I think that there are more people who fall into the A category.
What this means for schools is the top students who receive the most interviews will be holding many many acceptances across the board by the time April comes around. Given that in past cycles, the data demonstrates about 20% of the applicants had multiple interviews and multiple acceptances, 20% of overall applicants will likely have many more acceptances than they would otherwise (had they declined interviews due to the cost of travel, as opposed to attending more or all due to the virtual nature).
[60% get rejected
10% get single interview, single acceptance
10% get multiple interviews, single acceptance
20% get multiple interviews, multiple acceptance]
In totality, I predict there will either be a larger than usual movement of the waitlists or under-filled class sizes once these 20% of applicants (also known as 50% of matriculants) with multiple acceptances narrow down to 1 top choice. I suppose time will tell in April!
Also, already, there are more applicants this cycle so with the II's being filled and attended by top applicants & with increased number of applicants, my feeling is overall matriculant acceptance rates will be bound to be lower than previous cycles.
What are your thoughts?
a) Those that will attend all II's because they can and believe they can negotiate better financial results (or generally are gunners by nature and feel the need to attend interviews to schools they will not attend).
b) Those that will stop attending II's after they have received their top choice.
That being said, I think that there are more people who fall into the A category.
What this means for schools is the top students who receive the most interviews will be holding many many acceptances across the board by the time April comes around. Given that in past cycles, the data demonstrates about 20% of the applicants had multiple interviews and multiple acceptances, 20% of overall applicants will likely have many more acceptances than they would otherwise (had they declined interviews due to the cost of travel, as opposed to attending more or all due to the virtual nature).
[60% get rejected
10% get single interview, single acceptance
10% get multiple interviews, single acceptance
20% get multiple interviews, multiple acceptance]
In totality, I predict there will either be a larger than usual movement of the waitlists or under-filled class sizes once these 20% of applicants (also known as 50% of matriculants) with multiple acceptances narrow down to 1 top choice. I suppose time will tell in April!
Also, already, there are more applicants this cycle so with the II's being filled and attended by top applicants & with increased number of applicants, my feeling is overall matriculant acceptance rates will be bound to be lower than previous cycles.
What are your thoughts?