After all the waiting and stress we are happy to join the wait list club. I think we need to open a new thread!
Good luck to everyone who still is waiting on the mail. And congrat to thoese who already have an appointment.
DD has been wait listed and will be declining. Off to USNA. Good luck everyone.
If I had an admissions vote, I would accept the bribery and bootlicking and cast an affirmative vote for your son. Mangia Bene!
Seriously, the wait list has been set up differently over the last two years.
For 2012, there were TWO wait lists: Group A (30 candidates) and Group B (120 candidates). When (and if) they filled completely from Group A, they would then go to Group B and start filling from that list. FYI - they never got to Group B, shellz can confirm as I think her son was in Group B in 2012.
Last year (2013), that changed. They only used one list, and I believe it had about 40 people on the single list. Only "full" appointments are coming from that list, CGAS (prep) appoints do not.
Admissions expects an answer (accept or decline) quickly. Although they will give the candidate 2 weeks to decide, they would appreciate a decision MUCH sooner as a "decline" can then go quickly to another candidate.
- The earliest "wait list" candidates were notified last year around May 8th, and the latest by May 15th.
- Wait list candidates are CALLED on the phone.
- The appointment package (BFE) shows up AFTER the call.
How can someone who is wait listed be possibly chosen for one of the prep programs? Please tell me that is possible!!
I believe all the CGAS appointments have been offered.
I don't believe any additional CGAS appointments will come from the waiting list.
However, that is NOT an official answer, just an educated hypothesis.
ANYTHING is possible.
If I had an admissions vote, I would accept the bribery and bootlicking and cast an affirmative vote for your son. Mangia Bene!
Seriously, the wait list has been set up differently over the last two years.
For 2012, there were TWO wait lists: Group A (30 candidates) and Group B (120 candidates). When (and if) they filled completely from Group A, they would then go to Group B and start filling from that list. FYI - they never got to Group B, shellz can confirm as I think her son was in Group B in 2012.
Last year (2013), that changed. They only used one list, and I believe it had about 40 people on the single list. Only "full" appointments are coming from that list, CGAS (prep) appoints do not.
Admissions expects an answer (accept or decline) quickly. Although they will give the candidate 2 weeks to decide, they would appreciate a decision MUCH sooner as a "decline" can then go quickly to another candidate.
- The earliest "wait list" candidates were notified last year around May 8th, and the latest by May 15th.
- Wait list candidates are CALLED on the phone.
- The appointment package (BFE) shows up AFTER the call.
Just heard from Luigi & here's what he had to say....
"When I spoke to Admissions yesterday, I was told that all full appointment offers have been mailed.
They are also actively mailing out "wait-list" letters and rejections.
Appointments go out via USPS Express Mail (2 day max service) so everyone with an appointment will have a letter by today or tomorrow.
Non-appointment and wait-list letters go by regular US Mail so that may take a little longer, but NY is no more than 2 days max time for a First Class Letter, so my guess is TODAY is the day you will find out either way.
(I do have a new list of all the Prep School/CGA Scholars appointments, but no additional appointment info has been released to the AAP network as of now)"
Hear's my reaction........
Okay, that calmness I told you about is officially gone!
How do you get a list of prep school or CGA scholars offers?
No news again on Monday in NY. What can this mean?