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...number of wait-list acceptances this year is in part a product of this year's record high yield rate. While Fitzsimmons said final figures have not been determined since some accepted students may defer admission, the yield is likely to be almost 80 percent...
Still, a record yield this year led to a lower waiting list acceptance rate than expected...
Some other schools reported similarly low numbers of waiting list acceptances. Dartmouth College accepted 13 people from their wait list, and in the last two years has accepted none. This year they were also to admit a smaller class of 1050 students, according to Dartmouth admissionsofficials, because of the large numbers that haveaccepted admissions in recent years...
Fitzsimmons said that at Harvard, unlike atDartmouth, each waiting list case is reviewedindividually during the final considerationperiod. Dartmouth, in contrast, typically askseach regional admissions officer to recommendthree to five students to their joint committee...
...considering wait list applicants, Harvardalso considers material sent to them by studentsin the second half of the year, such as secondsemester grades and other achievements...