30 June 2021
Class of 2025 Waitlist Notification Dates and Stats
UPDATE #3 (6/30)
For those of you who have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's a list of 2020 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.
Our sample of waitlist statistics from 100 private and public institutions paints the following picture:
- The number of students admitted from the waitlist rose 97 percent year over year from 22,223 in 2019 to 43,867 in 2020
- On average, 29 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted in 2020, up from 18 percent in 2019
- 33 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the waitlist last year (vs. 48 percent in 2019)
- 17 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less (vs. 29 percent in 2019)
- 3 percent admitted no one (vs. 8 percent in 2019)
These results come as no surprise given the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic last cycle. That said, we strongly caution against assuming a similar level of waitlist activity this cycle as much of this uncertainty is now behind us and most schools are resuming normal operations.
Be sure to bookmark this page as we expect to be updating status over the next several weeks.
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Class of 2025 Waitlist Notification Dates and 2020 Statistics
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| Institution | Waitlist Offered (2020) | Waitlist Accepted (2020) | Waitlist Admitted (2020) | Admit Rate (2020) | Notification Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 5,158 | 1,657 | 133 | 8% | by 5/31 | Link |
| Amherst | 1,640 | 1,081 | 7 | 1% | ||
| Bates | 1,995 | 676 | 4 | 1% | most by 6/30, no later than 8/1 | Link |
| Boston College | offered to ~20% of applicants | ADMISSIONS | ||||
| Boston University | 8,791 | 5,592 | 674 | 12% | ||
| Brown | 194 | Expect 1,000-1,500 waitlist to stay on waitlist; all candidates notified by early August | Link | |||
| Bryn Mawr | 865 | 531 | 17 | 3% | ||
| Bucknell | 2,942 | 1,180 | 115 | 10% | ||
| Cal Poly SLO | 8,816 | 4,032 | by 7/15 | Link | ||
| Caltech | 312 | 235 | 10 | 4% | Link | |
| Carleton | 1,325 | 603 | 76 | 13% | ||
| Carnegie Mellon | 6,819 | 3,461 | 288 | 8% | priority waitlist begins 5/6, regular waitlist begins 6/1 | Link |
| Case Western | 9,760 | 4,921 | 1,076 | 22% | ||
| Chapman | 1,818 | 739 | 463 | 63% | ||
| Claremont McKenna | 776 | 486 | 75 | 15% | ||
| Colgate | 1,630 | 1,009 | 97 | 10% | ||
| Holy Cross | 1,632 | 632 | 20 | 3% | ||
| William & Mary | 3,080 | 1,714 | 145 | 8% | by 8/1; update mid-June | Link |
| Colorado College | 700 | 224 | 23 | 10% | ||
| Connecticut College | 1,642 | 705 | 5 | 1% | Link | |
| Cornell | 6,750 | 4,791 | 190 | 4% | Link | |
| Dartmouth | 2,661 | 1,945 | 95 | 5% | Closed as of 6/1 | ADMISSIONS |
| Dickinson | 602 | 253 | 13 | 5% | begins mid-April; ~600 offered waitlist spot | Link |
| Elon | 1,890 | 429 | 48 | 11% | As of 4/19, ~500 students on waitlist | Link |
| Fairfield | 3,999 | 1,227 | 36 | 3% | ||
| Olin | 43 | 33 | 15 | 45% | Begins 5/1 | Link |
| George Mason | 1,128 | 711 | 462 | 65% | ||
| Georgetown | 2,215 | 1,733 | 336 | 19% | by 5/15 | ADMISSIONS |
| Georgia Tech | 6,214 | 4,235 | 853 | 20% | after 5/3 | Link |
| Hamilton | 1,875 | 1,060 | 17 | 2% | begins early May | Link |
| Harvey Mudd | 630 | 457 | 55 | 12% | 647 applicants offered waitlist | Link |
| Haverford | 1,331 | 741 | 21 | 3% | ||
| Indiana | 640 | 150 | 80 | 53% | notified of a final decision no later than June 15 | Link |
| James Madison | 2,800 | 1,457 | 1,117 | 77% | majority in June, as late as 8/1 | Link |
| Johns Hopkins | after 5/1 | Link | ||||
| Kenyon | 12 | 12 | 4 | 33% | end of June | Link |
| Lafayette | 1,881 | 862 | 79 | 9% | ||
| Lehigh | 4,361 | 1,875 | 1,684 | 90% | Complete by early July | Link |
| Macalester | 760 | 336 | 112 | 33% | ||
| Middlebury | 1,338 | 534 | 104 | 19% | ||
| MIT | 621 | 0 | by 5/15 | Link | ||
| Mt. Holyoke | 515 | 294 | 52 | 18% | Link | |
| Muhlenberg | 742 | 274 | 40 | 15% | ||
| NYU | by 8/1 | Link | ||||
| NC State | 4,567 | 1,681 | 232 | 14% | by 6/15 | Link |
| Oberlin | 1,541 | 1,369 | 149 | 11% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Occidental | 1,083 | 651 | 129 | 20% | ||
| Ohio State | 1,412 | 647 | 0 | 0% | by 6/1 | Link |
| Pitzer | 500 | 148 | 30 | 20% | ||
| Pomona | 862 | 505 | 150 | 30% | update early-mid May | Link |
| Providence | 2,723 | 811 | 375 | 46% | update mid-May | Link |
| Purdue | 5,307 | 2,740 | 90 | 3% | Communicated in April | ADMISSIONS |
| Reed | 1,264 | 421 | 48 | 11% | ||
| Saint Michaels | 83 | 40 | 15 | 38% | typically by mid-June | Link |
| Santa Clara | 2,749 | 1,747 | 410 | 23% | typically thru June | Link |
| Scripps | 570 | 265 | 30 | 11% | begins late May | Link |
| Sewanee | 625 | 156 | 16 | 10% | ||
| Skidmore | 1,595 | 595 | 0 | 0% | all offers typically made in May | ADMISSIONS |
| Smith | 1,155 | 684 | 67 | 10% | update sent 6/23 | ADMISSIONS |
| SMU | 2,043 | 765 | 340 | 44% | Link | |
| Spelman | 550 | 173 | 15 | 9% | notification to be sent 6/30 5pm ET | ADMISSIONS |
| Stanford | 850 | 707 | 259 | 37% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Swarthmore | 33 | filled as of 6/2 | ADMISSIONS | |||
| Trinity College | late April to 7/31 | Link | ||||
| Tufts | 2,136 | 1,017 | 222 | 22% | by early June | Link |
| Tulane | 12,813 | 4,486 | 0 | 0% | no later than 6/30 | Link |
| Union College | 708 | 290 | 120 | 41% | beginning early May | Link |
| UC Berkeley | 8,753 | 5,043 | 1,651 | 33% | by 6/1 | Link |
| UC Davis | by 6/1 | Link | ||||
| UC Irvine | 18,621 | 11,081 | 2,664 | 24% | by 6/1 | Link |
| UCLA | 14,470 | 9,254 | 1,779 | 19% | by 6/1 | Link |
| UC Merced | by 6/1 | Link | ||||
| UC Riverside | 11,319 | 5,638 | 3,828 | 68% | by 6/1 | Link |
| UCSD | by 6/1 | Link | ||||
| UCSB | 9,885 | 6,342 | 6,103 | 96% | by 6/30 | Link |
| UCSC | 16,484 | 10,370 | 8,870 | 86% | by 6/1 | Link |
| Georgia | 1,157 | 693 | 493 | 71% | As of 5/3, 200 admitted off waitlist, still open | Link |
| UIUC | by late June | Link | ||||
| UMass Amherst | 4,381 | 2,326 | 396 | 17% | beginning mid-May | Link |
| University of Miami | 11,444 | 3,664 | 781 | 21% | by 6/15 | Link |
| Michigan | 20,723 | 9,856 | 1,248 | 13% | typically by early June | Link |
| UNC - Chapel Hill | by 6/30 | Link | ||||
| Notre Dame | 1,778 | 1,253 | 530 | 42% | Expect 50-150 students will ultimately be admitted | Link |
| URichmond | 3,406 | 1,717 | 113 | 7% | by 6/30 | Link |
| USD | 1,797 | 794 | 240 | 30% | After 5/1 | Link |
| Virginia | 6,465 | 3,780 | 165 | 4% | Complete as of 6/21 | Link |
| Washington | 9,726 | 4,712 | 1,870 | 40% | Link | |
| Vanderbilt | 479 | early May - early July | Link | |||
| Villanova | 6,555 | 2,563 | 210 | 8% | All on active waitlist already notified | ADMISSIONS |
| Virginia Tech | 10,800 | 6,990 | 3,959 | 57% | by 7/1 | Link |
| Wellesley | 2,252 | 926 | 52 | 6% | before 8/1 | Link |
| Wesleyan | 2,302 | 1,370 | 133 | 10% | by 6/30 | Link |
| Wheaton - IL | 177 | 41 | 18 | 44% | by 8/1; updates at end of May, June & July | Link |
| Williams | 1,944 | 846 | 73 | 9% | begins in May | Link |
| WPI | 2,450 | 1,063 | 489 | 46% | no later than 7/9 | ADMISSIONS |
| Yale | 1,030 offered WL spot | Link |
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