Macalester College Wait List Acceptance Rate

Wait List Acceptance Rate

Macalester College's wait list acceptance rate for the application year 2024 stands at 6.9%, with 909 students offered a spot and 63 ultimately accepted. This marks a decline from the previous year’s acceptance rate of 9.1% for the application year 2023, where 653 were offered and 60 admitted. The acceptance rates have fluctuated significantly over the last few years, with no students admitted from the wait list in both the application years 2022 and 2021, which both recorded a 0% acceptance rate. In comparison, the application year 2020 had a much higher acceptance rate of 14.7%, with 760 offered and 112 accepted, indicating a trend of increasing selectivity in recent years.