
Oberlin College's wait list acceptance rate for the application year 2024 stands at 5.4%, with 41 out of 748 wait listed applicants gaining admission. Historical data shows a decline from a 9.6% acceptance rate in 2020, which saw 149 admits from 1,541 offers, to 6.7% in 2021 with 100 admits from 1,491 offers. The rates for the past two applications years, 2022 and 2023, are unavailable. This downturn highlights an increasing competitiveness in the wait list process at Oberlin.