Waitlist

Waitlist Acceptance Rates by College

The median college here admitted 7.3% of the students who stayed on its waitlist. 6 admitted no one from it.

College	Offered a spot	Stayed on the list	Admitted	Rate
Ohio State	5,358	2,278	2,049	89.9%
Stony Brook	10,563	5,191	3,462	66.7%
DePaul University	658	239	148	61.9%
Virginia Commonwealth University	28	28	17	60.7%
UC Santa Barbara	25,713	18,022	9,603	53.3%
University of Oregon	1,941	827	422	51%
George Mason	1,289	873	415	47.5%
UC Santa Cruz	9,881	6,444	2,648	41.1%
Clemson	13,297	4,506	1,801	40%
UNC Chapel Hill	7,355	5,258	2,099	39.9%
UC Davis	17,582	9,747	3,758	38.6%
Miami University-Oxford	5,144	632	236	37.3%
Texas Christian University	3,676	1,083	396	36.6%
Rochester	1,197	741	262	35.4%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	11,100	7,261	2,349	32.4%
Syracuse University	14,242	6,530	2,039	31.2%
UW	15,363	8,350	2,252	27%
Brandeis	1,717	771	206	26.7%
UW-Madison	6,476	4,317	1,088	25.2%
Hofstra	190	92	22	23.9%
Southern Methodist University	4,249	1,074	243	22.6%
George Washington	6,084	2,858	616	21.6%
UC San Diego	36,709	25,411	5,284	20.8%
Johns Hopkins	2,058	1,359	247	18.2%
Georgetown University	2,672	2,043	356	17.4%
San Diego State	11,627	6,016	962	16%
University of Central Florida	2,966	2,157	343	15.9%
Rhode Island	1,430	60	9	15%
Vermont	2,752	1,054	142	13.5%
Georgia Tech	7,651	4,875	653	13.4%
Marquette	1,397	1,397	183	13.1%
Buffalo	2,355	857	106	12.4%
UCLA	20,563	13,612	1,514	11.1%
NC State	10,710	4,311	476	11%
Carleton	675	335	33	9.9%
Stanford University	669	573	57	9.9%
Barnard College	2,173	1,644	150	9.1%
Michigan	24,447	18,435	1,663	9%
University of South Carolina-Columbia	8,805	3,395	293	8.6%
Boston College	7,444	4,139	352	8.5%
WashU		3,865	327	8.5%
Arkansas	389	389	32	8.2%
CU Boulder	6,367	1,189	92	7.7%
Miami	22,147	9,077	703	7.7%
UConn	4,365	1,158	85	7.3%
Oberlin	968	460	33	7.2%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	3,117	2,116	133	6.3%
Tufts	3,061	1,193	71	6%
Amherst	1,294	740	44	5.9%
Vassar	918	510	30	5.9%
Middlebury	1,996	1,878	109	5.8%
College of William & Mary	4,085	1,901	103	5.4%
Wellesley	2,214	1,121	59	5.3%
Bates	2,103	795	39	4.9%
Emory	7,608	6,422	274	4.3%
Pomona	1,017	716	31	4.3%
Wesleyan	2,224	1,246	54	4.3%
Yale University	944	738	32	4.3%
Hamilton	2,032	1,226	49	4%
Indiana University-Bloomington	6,271	2,434	97	4%
Lehigh	4,083	1,988	80	4%
Penn State	2,109	1,153	46	4%
Cornell	9,720	6,598	254	3.8%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	11,980	3,516	134	3.8%
Notre Dame	2,186	1,475	54	3.7%
Princeton	1,370	1,086	36	3.3%
Grinnell College	2,021	1,180	36	3.1%
Rice	3,196	2,204	66	3%
Davidson	1,968	953	28	2.9%
Williams	2,193	850	25	2.9%
Pitt	6,245	3,198	84	2.6%
Penn	3,252	2,566	60	2.3%
Baylor	3,832	916	19	2.1%
MIT	561	468	10	2.1%
Tulane	5,842	3,158	64	2%
Colgate	2,381	1,281	23	1.8%
Haverford	1,342	784	11	1.4%
Villanova	5,449	2,205	28	1.3%
Boston University	15,751	9,448	95	1%
RPI	1,008	599	6	1%
Carnegie Mellon University	7,117	4,937	36	0.7%
California Institute of Technology	263	211	1	0.5%
Florida State University	3,750	2,358	5	0.2%
Denver	22	4	0	0%
Florida	3,196	2,737	1	0%
Harvey Mudd	685	439	0	0%
UC Berkeley	9,102	6,479	0	0%
UIUC	6,826	4,317	1	0%
University of California-Riverside	3,783	2,019	0	0%

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Frequently asked questions

What are the chances of getting off a college waitlist?

It depends on the college and the year. Among the 89 colleges here, the median admitted 7.3% of students who accepted a waitlist spot, and 6 admitted none. The rate swings from year to year because it depends on how many admitted students enroll.

Which colleges do not use a waitlist?

27 of the colleges we track report having no waitlist: Arizona, Arizona State University Campus Immersion, Auburn University, Cincinnati, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Mississippi State University, New Hampshire, North Texas, Ole Miss, San Jose State University, Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas Tech, The University of Alabama, The University of Texas at Dallas, UIC, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of South Florida, USC, UT Austin, Utah, Washington State University, West Virginia.

Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. The rate is students admitted from the waitlist divided by students who accepted a place on it. Colleges that left a line blank are left out.