Wait listed, what are the next steps?

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I was just wait listed, what are the next steps?
What are the actual odds of being accepted from the wait list?
Thanks for any awnsers
 
The first step is that you have either accept or decline a position on the wait list. Second step is to continue forward with plans B, C etc. I had a DS and DD who were both wait listed and eventually got the TWE. One in early June and the other in late May. That's why you need to keep moving forward with other plans, since most schools require a down payment by May first. You may not hear anything more from USNA (appointment of TWE) until after May 1. No one knows the actual odds of coming off the list with an appointment. Past threads regarding the wait list indicate that during some years a few may get appointments, and in other years (recent years) very few if any are appointed from the wait list. You are not still in the hunt, but should keep moving forward with alternate plans. Good luck!
 
I've learned the yield for the service academies is very high. In other words, the vast majority of appointments are accepted.
So, odds are long - not impossible - just long.

If you plan to stay on the waitlist, my recommendation is to lock in plan B. Pay the deposits if required by Plan B school. Stay in USNA report-day shape, and wait for the call forward. If it doesn't come - then drive relentlessly to your goal(s) at Plan B school. Reapply next year if you want - application is open for business, I believe.

Congrats to all on the waitlist - quite an accomplishment - don't let anyone tell you it isn't.
 
More acceptances last year than offers made this year. Waitlisters would have all received an offer if the numbers were the same as last year. The yield was just really high and negatively impacted 2022's.
 
LIVEINTHEMOMENT said:
More acceptances last year than offers made this year. Waitlisters would have all received an offer if the numbers were the same as last year. The yield was just really high and negatively impacted 2022's.
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What's your source on this information? Could you link it?
 
I was Wait Listed last year. After I was wait-listed, I boosted my math ACT from a 27 to a 32 and was accepted this year. Basically, keep getting good grades, improve everything you can and try to get in next year if you dont this year. Only 50-150 people are wait listed in the entire nation every year. That shows how close you were to getting in. I looked at it as admissions saying, "we dont have room right now, try next year ;);)". This is great news actually, it shows how close you were to getting in and when you go through your MOC interviews again you can tell them about how close you were last year and what you have done since then to improve your chances. Best of Luck!
 
Effect of wait list varies from year to year... and largely dependent upon number of offers and acceptances. Admissions has a target for maximum class size and makes offers knowing that some will not accept. If Admissions is conservative in its projections, they lower the number of the offers and draw on the wait list to fill the class to avoid going over the target number if yield is less than projected. Every year is different, some years few are taken off the wait list, some years several. I recall one of my classmates that got the call and came off the wait list only days before I day. The good news is that you are still in the game, the bad news is the wait continues. The silver lining is that I have heard that candidates who are wait listed one year have a better than average chance upon reapplication.
 
WLers will definitely not know anything by May 1. It is usually late May/early June. So definitely proceed with your alternative plans.

As noted above, if you are WL'ed this year, don't receive an appointment, and still want USNA, you have a very good shot of making it next year.
 
An email advised my son to check his portal — but also the email simply stated he was waitlisted—
 
On his first application my son was held on the wait list until a week prior to I-Day and then turned down. A truly stressful event.....
 
Folks can come off the WL for two "reasons." The first is yield -- fewer people than estimated accepted their appointments. Then, once the class size is set, there could be a handful of folks with conditional appointments waiting for medical to clear and they could hold a few folks on the WL in the event that doesn't happen. My guess is the above poster's DS was in that category.

Obviously, if you're one of the very last on the WL to receive a TWE, you have a great shot at being appointed if you reapply (assuming you do just as well as a college freshman as you did as a h.s. senior). But I can imagine it's not fun being in that position, especially if the result is not what you'd hoped.
 
Yeah, he must have been really close, he was successful the next year as a college re-applicant.
 
Completely agree with @PinWrestling. DS was WL’ed last year - also up to like two weeks before I-day - did the NROTC plan B - pulled straight “A’s” his first semester, got an amazing reference letter from the Capt. of the NROTC group - re-applied and received an appointment for class of 2022.

Over all success rate of re-applicants both going through the SA’s and military longevity are very high. I dont have any hard data - but have heard re-app percentages of appointments is rising every year - possibly someone has hard data showing this.

Use the fact that you are WL’ed as a HUGE encouragement going forward. Amazing accomplishment - celebrate the success -
 
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