For those of you that have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's a list of 2015-16 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.  

Our sample of waitlist statistics from 160 private and public institutions paints the following picture:

• On average, 17 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted

• 58 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the wait list last year

• 41 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less

• 12 percent admitted no one

There are several factors driving the low rates, including the size of the waitlist (often very large), and how well a school anticipates its admissions yield. 

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Courtesy of CNBC, here are some nuggets of wisdom from several of this year's notable commencement speakers, including Sheryl Sandberg, Jane Goodall, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Mike Krzyzewski, and last but not least, President Obama.  Enjoy!

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A new release of College Kickstart is now available!

This release features:

• An SAT score converter to help you reconcile new and old SAT scores  
• Resident and non-resident admission rates for situations where the difference materially impacts how a school is categorized in College Kickstart
• An updated affordability panel with graduation rates
• Expanded school coverage

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Concordance tables are now available from the College Board to help you reconcile your new SAT results from March to all of the college admission data that uses the old SAT format.

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The following is a guest post written by Sarish Kasat of Admissionado, a premier college admissions consulting company focused on helping students get into their dream schools.

Congratulations! You’ve been admitted to college!

But wait, not only have you been admitted to one college, but after years of hard work and dedication throughout your high school life, you’ve been accepted into more than one college. And they’re all amazing programs. Yikes, you thought the application process was hard, now you have to decide between Northwestern, UCLA and UC Berkeley like our student Tim? Not an easy task, but a very admirable position to be in. Where do you start? Our advice is always, above all, without a doubt, go to the BEST college you get accepted to. But what if you get accepted into two equally great universities that are both in the same “tier” of excellence?

Whether you're a senior deciding on school options, a junior gearing up for the process, or a counselor immersed in it all, March has truly been madness!  It's been crazy for us too, as we've been busy updating College Kickstart with fresh data, new financial aid ratings, a new help system and some polish based on your feedback.    

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Amherst College announced today that it admitted 13.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2020. 

1,149 students were admitted from 8,397 applicants, inclusive of early decision.  Amherst is targeting an incoming class of 472 students.   

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Emory College announced today it admitted 4,927 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 19,924 applications were received for the year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 25 percent.  

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Oxford College at Emory announced today it admitted 3,282 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 8,644 applications were received for the year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 38 percent.

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The University of Notre Dame announced today that it admitted 3,665 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 19,499 applications were received this year, up 7 percent from last year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 19 percent.  

The targeted class size is 2,040 students.  

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Georgetown University admitted 3,276 regular decision applicants to the Class of 2020.  

A total of 20,002 regular decision applications were received this year, resulting in an regular decision admit rate of 16.4 percent. 

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Harvard announced it admitted 2,037 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

39,041 applications were received, up 4.6 percent from last year, resulting in an overall admit rate of 5.2 percent. 

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Kenyon announced today that it admitted 1,688 applicants to the Class of 2020.

Approximately 6,400 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 26 percent.  

The target size for the class is expected to be approximately 475 students.

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Yale announced today that it admitted 1,972 applicants to the Class of 2020.

A total of 31,455 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 6.3 percent.  An additional 1,095 students were offered a place on the waitlist.

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Dartmouth accepted 2,176 applicants to the Class of 2020.  

The total number of applicants totaled 20,675 for the year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 10.5 percent.

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