Wait List Acceptance Rate

For the application year 2026, Dartmouth College offered 3,933 students a spot on the wait list, resulting in a 3.08% acceptance rate, with 121 students ultimately gaining admission. This rate has remained consistent compared to previous years, as the Class of 2025 had a slightly higher acceptance rate of 3.57% with 95 acceptances from 2,661 offered, while the Classes of 2024 and 2023 saw no admissions at all from their waitlisted applicants. Historical data indicates a significant drop in admissions from the wait list since 2021, when 16 out of 2,064 offered students were accepted (0.78% acceptance rate), and 2020, which had an acceptance rate of 6.97% with 129 admits. This trend signals a tightening of waitlist admissions over the past few years, making acceptance increasingly rare.