Yale SOM Waitlist

Candidates are waitlisted for different reasons, and a waitlist decision indicates that the Admissions Committee would like to consider your application further as the admissions cycle continues. We provide all waitlisted candidates with individualized feedback on their application, including guidance on how to strengthen your candidacy and share updates. In some cases, the best course of action may simply be to remain patient as we continue to monitor the class.

Yes, we provide feedback via email to all waitlisted applicants within two weeks of receiving a waitlist decision.

We are unable to conduct individual meetings with waitlisted candidates; the best source of information on your waitlist status will be the email you receive with individualized feedback. If you have specific questions regarding the feedback you received, you may contact mba.waitlist@yale.edu. Otherwise, if there are materials updates to your application, you can submit them through the Waitlist Update Form on your status page.

We recognize that your circumstances may continue to evolve while you are on the waitlist. If you have material updates to your application such as new test scores, a change in employment, or recently completed graded coursework, please upload them directly through the Waitlist Update Form on your status page. We do not accept individual applicant updates via the waitlist email inbox; any updates provided to the inbox will not be included in your admissions file.

If others wish to provide a letter of support for your candidacy, they may send them to mba.waitlist@yale.edu.

Because waitlist movement varies significantly from year to year, we cannot predict how many candidates will ultimately be admitted. We monitor enrollment throughout the admissions season and make additional offers as space becomes available, up to the beginning of August.

The committee reviews the waitlist on an ongoing basis. At a minimum, you can expect an updated decision at the decision release date for each round that you remain on the waitlist. If you are facing an external deadline that would prevent you from continuing to be considered, you may notify us. However, even in such cases, we cannot guarantee that the committee will be able to issue an updated decision at that time.

It is not uncommon to be placed on the waitlist before being interviewed. In these cases, the Committee will continue to consider you for an invitation to interview in a future round.