honestly i wouldn't be surprised. I put down my deposit in December. I would put it in as soon as you know you want to live there.
From what others have posted after speaking with admissions, I don't believe the waitlist is ranked. Movement typically starts after interviews are complete...which I believe is May. They've accepted people as late as orientation week, though.
I have a feeling the WL actually is (more or less) ranked. I remember them saying that after a certain point in the cycle the stats for applicants really drop off to the point that they are lower than those waitlisted earlier in the cycle... This is the point when they stop making new interviews and really start re-evaluating the WL, and I'd imagine that the first thing they look at to pull from WL is stats.
Great info! Thanks for the insight. Hoping all of those emails and updates with adcoms since August will work in my favor!I interviewed last Friday at ACOM, 3/10. They were very straightforward with us, so I will share what they told us at the interview:
First, there was a smaller group interviewing on the 10th, than usual. They usually interview about 18 on an interview day, but we had only around 12-13 candidates
They basically have deposits for 160-162 seats already, so anyone interviewing at this point is doing so for a spot on the WL.
They accept students into July usually.
They don't officially rank their waitlist, but they do have preferences of certain students, especially at this point, whom they would accept if they had open spots. These students may be unofficially preferred for any opening spots that start to emerge.
They tend to have the most people drop their seats in late April and early May, so, if one the waitlist, one should expect the most movement then.
Nationally, 35-45% of those on WL come off eventually, and ACOM has a 40-45% rate of coming off the WL. Even last year, they had at least 30 dropped deposits. However, Alabama usually interviews between 400-450 students a year, but, this year, they started interviews earlier, so they expect to have interviewed over 600 this cycle. That means their waitlist could be longer this year and a WL'ed individual having a lower chance than before, unless they maintain the WL at the same size.
They are re-applicant friendly.
I hope that helped, and wish me luck to get on the WL.
Are you interviewing or applying on 3/24?
Interviewing, my bad lol
GradPlus Loans or other scholarship applications.
Just completed your entrance counseling and MPN for both loans for now
I think it will be a little bit longer before the application process is open to use. Perhaps first week of April if I'm not mistaken.
I was told the new application is supposed to open in May
it will probably be posted somewhere soon. the results were great though.
ThanksWithdrew my seat today. Good luck to all of you on the waitlist and hopefully my seat goes to one of you deserving individuals! Good luck everyone
I heard they're only waitlisting from here on out. I could be wrong though. The waitlist has some good movement usually around April/May and last year a couple of us, including me were taken off of it. Best of luck!
)! Good luck everyone!
They haven't made one yet. I've been checking frequently
