<p>hello fellow brown deferres.</p>
<p>my heart is still aching. </p>
<p>what’s going to happen now?</p>
<p>What percentage of deferres get in RD?</p>
<p>wahh</p>
<p>a lot. brown had the second lowest early acceptance rate in the ivy league last year (next to yale), and since yale had a large drop in applications this year, brown might have the lowest rate of 'em all this year.
getting deferred definitely keeps you in the running. brown just does things differently from other schools (like penn) which take almost half the freshman class from the early pool.
keep the faith.</p>
<p>Bonding thread? Aren't you guys at war now? Hehe, just kidding. Good luck to everybody! I hope that those that desire it the most finally get in.</p>
<p>go us deferred people. my heart did sink when I saw the decision last night, but hey guys, we're still in the running! Just keep fingers crossed and good luck to everyone for decisions in late march. Let's hope that what dcircle says is true.</p>
<p>I was deferred as well. And it kinda hurts because I think I know why I was deferred.</p>
<p>yeah.. I'm like heartbroken right now.</p>
<p>I called Brown today and they said out of like 2300 applicants, 1500 got deferred.
It really sucks =[</p>
<p>at least we werent rejected though.</p>
<p>yay people to commiserate with!</p>
<p>we must be strong for we ARE truly brown worthy!</p>
<p>I got deferred too, which is honestly better than I expected, I thought I'd be rejected outright. But still, I know I have very little chance of getting in now, and it really hurts. Even though I was prepared for it, it's something that I wanted so badly. I'll keep my fingers crossed that somebody will see some value in me, and look past all the bad things! Good luck all!</p>
<p>I'm actually pretty happy that for the rest of my life, I'll be able to say that Brown wanted a second look at me, even if I eventually don't get in. Getting deferred isn't so bad, right? The real bad news is that we have to but serious thought into those applications that we so badly didn't want to send out. Everyone will get into a great school and find happiness next year... things tend to work the way they should. =).</p>
<p>ok for real, everyone whos upset about deferral, cheer up guys, you still have a relatively good shot, deferral means you're qualified but they want more time to decide, it could all be a matter of them seeing your 1st semester grades, it may not be what you wanted to hear but if you think about it, you beat out a lot of people to even be considered for deferral</p>
<p>dont worry about numbers or statistics at all, take them with a grain of salt (or two)</p>
<p>i hope my words help you out and all of you will get in somewhere exciting</p>
<p>(btw this is coming from someone who was deferred, and to tell you the truth, after spending the past nights awake wondering if i would get in, it was relieving to finally see a result, despite being the one that places us in purgatory)</p>
<p>btw if anyones gonna put Operation Jumbo - you probably know what this means (if not, it means apply to tufts ED2) - into effect, hit me up, the tufts rep even said that tufts is well known for being the school for taking in kids who didnt get into brown</p>
<p>i knew most of the ED class got deferred but 1500/2300 is kind of a lot!</p>
<p>wheres everyone gonna apply now?</p>
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<p>Hilarious! I'm a Tufts senior; my best friend did in fact do an "Operation Jumbo" after being deferred from Brown. Good luck to you all -- sometimes an early deferral/rejection is a blessing in disguise. So many things can change from here til April!</p>