23 June 2020
Class of 2024 Waitlist Notification Dates and Stats
UPDATE #3 (6/23)
For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's a list of 2019 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.
Our sample of waitlist statistics from 132 private and public institutions paints the following picture:
- The number of students admitted from the waitlist more than doubled year over year from 9,882 in 2018 to 21,180 in 2019
- On average, 15 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted in 2019, up from 7 percent in 2018
- 48 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the waitlist last year (vs. 70 percent in 2018)
- 27 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less (vs. 44 percent in 2018)
- 7 percent admitted no one (vs. 12 percent in 2018)
Given the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, we fully expect the rise in waitlist activity to continue for 2020 (Class of 2024).
Be sure to bookmark this page as we expect to be updating status over the next several weeks.
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Class of 2024 Waitlist Notification Dates and 2019 Statistics
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| Institution | Waitlist Offered (2019) | Waitlist Accepted (2019) | Waitlist Admitted (2019) | Admit Rate (2019) | Notification Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 4,686 | 961 | 137 | 14% | by 5/15 | Link |
| Amherst | 1,447 | 762 | 48 | 6% | ||
| Babson | 1,676 | 660 | 121 | 18% | ||
| Barnard | 1,545 | 46 | early May to early July | Link | ||
| Bates | 1,605 | 643 | 42 | 7% | most by 6/30, no later than 8/1 | Link |
| Boston College | offered to ~6,500 students | ADMISSIONS | ||||
| Boston University | 5,235 | 2,987 | 339 | 11% | ||
| Brandeis | 1,553 | 638 | 9 | 1% | ||
| Brown | 127 | ~800 waitlisted | Link | |||
| Bryn Mawr | 627 | 335 | 37 | 11% | ||
| Bucknell | 3,149 | 1,379 | 125 | 9% | ||
| Cal Poly SLO | 4,976 | 67 | by 6/15 | Link | ||
| Caltech | 501 | 394 | 5 | 1% | Link | |
| Carleton | 1,522 | 664 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Carnegie Mellon | 5,761 | 3,579 | 140 | 4% | priority waitlist begins 5/4, regular waitlist begins 6/1 | Link |
| Case Western | 10,375 | 5,661 | 209 | 4% | ||
| Claremont McKenna | 578 | 328 | 43 | 13% | ||
| Clemson | 2,607 | 1,097 | 6 | 1% | reviewed early May | Link |
| Colby | 3,668 | 1,454 | 19 | 1% | Link | |
| Colgate | 1,800 | 841 | 101 | 12% | ||
| Holy Cross | 1,875 | 834 | 12 | 1% | ||
| William & Mary | 3,937 | 1,989 | 186 | 9% | by 8/1; update mid-June | Link |
| Colorado College | 1,052 | 275 | 23 | 8% | most by mid-May, some as late as June | Link |
| Colorado School of Mines | 1,622 | 424 | 8 | 2% | by 5/18 | Link |
| Columbia | Link | |||||
| Connecticut College | 1,482 | 637 | 8 | 1% | Likely delayed until June | Link |
| Cornell | 4,948 | 3,362 | 147 | 4% | As of 5/1, 164 admitted from waitlist | Link |
| Dartmouth | 2,151 | 1,381 | 0 | 0% | Currently fully enrolled but still maintaining waitlist | Link |
| Davidson | 24 | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link | |||
| Dickinson | 762 | 233 | 25 | 11% | begins mid-April | Link |
| Elon | 948 | 202 | 13 | 6% | Link | |
| Emory | 4,679 | 3,731 | 168 | 5% | ||
| Olin | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0% | ||
| F&M | begins end of April, runs through end of May | Link | ||||
| Furman | 1,035 | 985 | 42 | 4% | ||
| Georgetown | 2,420 | 1,541 | 86 | 6% | by 5/15 | ADMISSIONS |
| Georgia Tech | 3,800 | 2,623 | 632 | 24% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Grinnell | 1,633 | 785 | 10 | 1% | ||
| Hamilton | 1,934 | 1,062 | 21 | 2% | begins early May | Link |
| Harvard | Link | |||||
| Harvey Mudd | 500 | 341 | 9 | 3% | ||
| Haverford | 1,546 | 924 | 15 | 2% | ||
| Johns Hopkins | 2,108 | 1,421 | 0 | 0% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Kenyon | 2,161 | 1,231 | 12 | 1% | update after 5/1 | Link |
| Lafayette | 2,190 | 874 | 56 | 6% | ||
| Lehigh | 6,212 | 2,480 | 1,307 | 53% | Complete by early July | Link |
| Macalester | 801 | 415 | 54 | 13% | ||
| Middlebury | 1,576 | 584 | 111 | 19% | ||
| Miami - Oxford | 1,016 | 129 | 0 | 0% | by 8/1 | Link |
| MIT | 460 | 331 | 17 | 5% | by 5/15 | Link |
| Mt. Holyoke | 769 | 438 | 57 | 13% | ||
| Muhlenberg | 497 | 186 | 41 | 22% | ||
| NYU | by 8/1 | Link | ||||
| NC State | 5,093 | 1,869 | 0 | 0% | by 6/15 | Link |
| Northeastern | by 8/1 | ADMISSIONS | ||||
| Northwestern | 3,067 | 2,107 | 55 | 3% | ||
| Oberlin | 1,076 | 793 | 89 | 11% | ||
| Occidental | 1,057 | 563 | 20 | 4% | ||
| Pepperdine | 1,088 | 629 | 328 | 52% | by mid-June | Link |
| Pitzer | 583 | 186 | 23 | 12% | ||
| Pomona | 839 | 566 | 47 | 8% | update early-mid May | Link |
| Princeton | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| Providence | 3,063 | 819 | 8 | 1% | update mid-May | Link |
| Purdue | 5,755 | 3,378 | 1,542 | 46% | ||
| Reed | 1,577 | 523 | 51 | 10% | Link | |
| RPI | 4,896 | 3,128 | 78 | 2% | ||
| Rice | 2,788 | 1,869 | 1 | 0% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Santa Clara | 2,162 | 1,122 | 221 | 20% | ||
| Sarah Lawrence | 1,088 | 500 | 31 | 6% | ||
| Scripps | 711 | 352 | 25 | 7% | begins late May | Link |
| Sewanee | 466 | 87 | 12 | 14% | ||
| Skidmore | 2,184 | 1,022 | 5 | 0% | ||
| Smith | 1,027 | 587 | 76 | 13% | ||
| Soka | 65 | 45 | 19 | 42% | ||
| SMU | 2,407 | 1,078 | 45 | 4% | Link | |
| Stanford | 750 | 580 | 8 | 1% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Swarthmore | 27 | |||||
| Syracuse | 8,859 | 3,158 | 611 | 19% | ||
| Trinity College | late April to 7/31 | Link | ||||
| Tufts | 1,441 | 524 | 84 | 16% | by early June | Link |
| Tulane | 5,412 | 1,371 | 0 | 0% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Union College | 753 | 328 | 104 | 32% | beginning early May | Link |
| UC Berkeley | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Davis | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Irvine | 17,018 | 8,608 | 1,610 | 19% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCLA | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Riverside | 7,776 | 4,015 | 1,375 | 34% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSD | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UCSB | 8,863 | 5,866 | 603 | 10% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSC | 12,859 | 7,576 | 4,676 | 62% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Georgia | 1,542 | 897 | 150 | 17% | As of 5/5, 300 admitted off waitlist, still open | Link |
| UIUC | by late June | Link | ||||
| UMass Amherst | 2,188 | 1,013 | 0 | 0% | beginning mid-May | Link |
| University of Miami | 8,795 | 2,143 | 366 | 17% | by 8/1 | Link |
| Michigan | 12,527 | 4,922 | 89 | 2% | by late June | Link |
| UNC - Chapel Hill | 5,572 | 3,717 | 156 | 4% | Round of final decisions posted 4/24, notified by 6/30 | Link |
| Notre Dame | 1,600 | 1,028 | 108 | 11% | ~1,700 offered place on WL, typically 100 students admitted in recent years but expect significantly more this year; notification by mid-summer | Link |
| Oregon | 438 | 153 | 84 | 55% | by 6/17 | Link |
| UPenn | 2,932 | 2,051 | 101 | 5% | Round of admits off waitlist on 5/7 | Link |
| URichmond | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link | ||||
| U Rochester | 3,605 | 2,339 | 71 | 3% | by 8/1 | Link |
| USD | 2,529 | 934 | 316 | 34% | After 5/1 | Link |
| Virginia | 5,486 | 2,969 | 8 | 0% | As of 5/18, still open; most offers going to Arts & Sciences and Engineering, both residents and non-residents | Link |
| Washington | 7,775 | 3,040 | 2,394 | 79% | ||
| Vanderbilt | 453 | early May - early July; 8% of class to be filled by students on waitlist | Link | |||
| Vassar | 1,139 | 570 | 29 | 5% | early May to 7/1 | Link |
| Villanova | 5,553 | 2,586 | 104 | 4% | ||
| Virginia Tech | by 7/1 | Link | ||||
| Wake Forest | First round communicated 4/24/20 | Link | ||||
| Washington and Lee | 1,805 | 856 | 31 | 4% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Wellesley | 2,061 | 1,221 | 99 | 8% | before 8/1 | Link |
| Wesleyan | 1,945 | 1,076 | 94 | 9% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Williams | 1,857 | 651 | 25 | 4% | begins in May | Link |
| WPI | 2,559 | 1,157 | 450 | 39% | ||
| Yale | 1,290 offered WL spot; | Link |
Class of 2024 Waitlist Notification Dates and 2019 Statistics
College Kickstart LLC
| Institution | Waitlist Offered (2019) | Waitlist Accepted (2019) | Waitlist Admitted (2019) | Admit Rate (2019) | Notification Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 4,686 | 961 | 137 | 14% | by 5/15 | Link |
| Amherst | 1,447 | 762 | 48 | 6% | ||
| Babson | 1,676 | 660 | 121 | 18% | ||
| Barnard | 1,545 | 46 | early May to early July | Link | ||
| Bates | 1,605 | 643 | 42 | 7% | most by 6/30, no later than 8/1 | Link |
| Boston College | offered to ~6,500 students | ADMISSIONS | ||||
| Boston University | 5,235 | 2,987 | 339 | 11% | ||
| Brandeis | 1,553 | 638 | 9 | 1% | ||
| Brown | 127 | ~800 waitlisted | Link | |||
| Bryn Mawr | 627 | 335 | 37 | 11% | ||
| Bucknell | 3,149 | 1,379 | 125 | 9% | ||
| Cal Poly SLO | 4,976 | 67 | by 6/15 | Link | ||
| Caltech | 501 | 394 | 5 | 1% | Link | |
| Carleton | 1,522 | 664 | 0 | 0% | ||
| Carnegie Mellon | 5,761 | 3,579 | 140 | 4% | priority waitlist begins 5/4, regular waitlist begins 6/1 | Link |
| Case Western | 10,375 | 5,661 | 209 | 4% | ||
| Claremont McKenna | 578 | 328 | 43 | 13% | ||
| Clemson | 2,607 | 1,097 | 6 | 1% | reviewed early May | Link |
| Colby | 3,668 | 1,454 | 19 | 1% | Link | |
| Colgate | 1,800 | 841 | 101 | 12% | ||
| Holy Cross | 1,875 | 834 | 12 | 1% | ||
| William & Mary | 3,937 | 1,989 | 186 | 9% | by 8/1; update mid-June | Link |
| Colorado College | 1,052 | 275 | 23 | 8% | most by mid-May, some as late as June | Link |
| Colorado School of Mines | 1,622 | 424 | 8 | 2% | by 5/18 | Link |
| Columbia | Link | |||||
| Connecticut College | 1,482 | 637 | 8 | 1% | Likely delayed until June | Link |
| Cornell | 4,948 | 3,362 | 147 | 4% | As of 5/1, 164 admitted from waitlist | Link |
| Dartmouth | 2,151 | 1,381 | 0 | 0% | Currently fully enrolled but still maintaining waitlist | Link |
| Davidson | 24 | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link | |||
| Dickinson | 762 | 233 | 25 | 11% | begins mid-April | Link |
| Elon | 948 | 202 | 13 | 6% | Link | |
| Emory | 4,679 | 3,731 | 168 | 5% | ||
| Olin | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0% | ||
| F&M | begins end of April, runs through end of May | Link | ||||
| Furman | 1,035 | 985 | 42 | 4% | ||
| Georgetown | 2,420 | 1,541 | 86 | 6% | by 5/15 | ADMISSIONS |
| Georgia Tech | 3,800 | 2,623 | 632 | 24% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Grinnell | 1,633 | 785 | 10 | 1% | ||
| Hamilton | 1,934 | 1,062 | 21 | 2% | begins early May | Link |
| Harvard | Link | |||||
| Harvey Mudd | 500 | 341 | 9 | 3% | ||
| Haverford | 1,546 | 924 | 15 | 2% | ||
| Johns Hopkins | 2,108 | 1,421 | 0 | 0% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Kenyon | 2,161 | 1,231 | 12 | 1% | update after 5/1 | Link |
| Lafayette | 2,190 | 874 | 56 | 6% | ||
| Lehigh | 6,212 | 2,480 | 1,307 | 53% | Complete by early July | Link |
| Macalester | 801 | 415 | 54 | 13% | ||
| Middlebury | 1,576 | 584 | 111 | 19% | ||
| Miami - Oxford | 1,016 | 129 | 0 | 0% | by 8/1 | Link |
| MIT | 460 | 331 | 17 | 5% | by 5/15 | Link |
| Mt. Holyoke | 769 | 438 | 57 | 13% | ||
| Muhlenberg | 497 | 186 | 41 | 22% | ||
| NYU | by 8/1 | Link | ||||
| NC State | 5,093 | 1,869 | 0 | 0% | by 6/15 | Link |
| Northeastern | by 8/1 | ADMISSIONS | ||||
| Northwestern | 3,067 | 2,107 | 55 | 3% | ||
| Oberlin | 1,076 | 793 | 89 | 11% | ||
| Occidental | 1,057 | 563 | 20 | 4% | ||
| Pepperdine | 1,088 | 629 | 328 | 52% | by mid-June | Link |
| Pitzer | 583 | 186 | 23 | 12% | ||
| Pomona | 839 | 566 | 47 | 8% | update early-mid May | Link |
| Princeton | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| Providence | 3,063 | 819 | 8 | 1% | update mid-May | Link |
| Purdue | 5,755 | 3,378 | 1,542 | 46% | ||
| Reed | 1,577 | 523 | 51 | 10% | Link | |
| RPI | 4,896 | 3,128 | 78 | 2% | ||
| Rice | 2,788 | 1,869 | 1 | 0% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Santa Clara | 2,162 | 1,122 | 221 | 20% | ||
| Sarah Lawrence | 1,088 | 500 | 31 | 6% | ||
| Scripps | 711 | 352 | 25 | 7% | begins late May | Link |
| Sewanee | 466 | 87 | 12 | 14% | ||
| Skidmore | 2,184 | 1,022 | 5 | 0% | ||
| Smith | 1,027 | 587 | 76 | 13% | ||
| Soka | 65 | 45 | 19 | 42% | ||
| SMU | 2,407 | 1,078 | 45 | 4% | Link | |
| Stanford | 750 | 580 | 8 | 1% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Swarthmore | 27 | |||||
| Syracuse | 8,859 | 3,158 | 611 | 19% | ||
| Trinity College | late April to 7/31 | Link | ||||
| Tufts | 1,441 | 524 | 84 | 16% | by early June | Link |
| Tulane | 5,412 | 1,371 | 0 | 0% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Union College | 753 | 328 | 104 | 32% | beginning early May | Link |
| UC Berkeley | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Davis | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Irvine | 17,018 | 8,608 | 1,610 | 19% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCLA | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UC Riverside | 7,776 | 4,015 | 1,375 | 34% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSD | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| UCSB | 8,863 | 5,866 | 603 | 10% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSC | 12,859 | 7,576 | 4,676 | 62% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Georgia | 1,542 | 897 | 150 | 17% | As of 5/5, 300 admitted off waitlist, still open | Link |
| UIUC | by late June | Link | ||||
| UMass Amherst | 2,188 | 1,013 | 0 | 0% | beginning mid-May | Link |
| University of Miami | 8,795 | 2,143 | 366 | 17% | by 8/1 | Link |
| Michigan | 12,527 | 4,922 | 89 | 2% | by late June | Link |
| UNC - Chapel Hill | 5,572 | 3,717 | 156 | 4% | Round of final decisions posted 4/24, notified by 6/30 | Link |
| Notre Dame | 1,600 | 1,028 | 108 | 11% | ~1,700 offered place on WL, typically 100 students admitted in recent years but expect significantly more this year; notification by mid-summer | Link |
| Oregon | 438 | 153 | 84 | 55% | by 6/17 | Link |
| UPenn | 2,932 | 2,051 | 101 | 5% | Round of admits off waitlist on 5/7 | Link |
| URichmond | 5/1 - 6/30 | Link | ||||
| U Rochester | 3,605 | 2,339 | 71 | 3% | by 8/1 | Link |
| USD | 2,529 | 934 | 316 | 34% | After 5/1 | Link |
| Virginia | 5,486 | 2,969 | 8 | 0% | As of 5/18, still open; most offers going to Arts & Sciences and Engineering, both residents and non-residents | Link |
| Washington | 7,775 | 3,040 | 2,394 | 79% | ||
| Vanderbilt | 453 | early May - early July; 8% of class to be filled by students on waitlist | Link | |||
| Vassar | 1,139 | 570 | 29 | 5% | early May to 7/1 | Link |
| Villanova | 5,553 | 2,586 | 104 | 4% | ||
| Virginia Tech | by 7/1 | Link | ||||
| Wake Forest | First round communicated 4/24/20 | Link | ||||
| Washington and Lee | 1,805 | 856 | 31 | 4% | after 5/1 | Link |
| Wellesley | 2,061 | 1,221 | 99 | 8% | before 8/1 | Link |
| Wesleyan | 1,945 | 1,076 | 94 | 9% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Williams | 1,857 | 651 | 25 | 4% | begins in May | Link |
| WPI | 2,559 | 1,157 | 450 | 39% | ||
| Yale | 1,290 offered WL spot; | Link |
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