<p>i'm a junior at yale, and i was deferred. back in high school, yale was my absolute top choice, and it hurt like hell to get deferred...my hopes were so high, and getting that thin envelope crushed me. but trust me - you're going to soon be swept up in enjoying the holidays, seeing your friends, and finishing up your other applications, and before you know it, it will be april and you'll have tons of wonderful college options. in just a few short months, this process will be over, and you will be graduating and getting ready to start life at an incredible university. there IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and no, it's not a train. :)</p>
<p>and if it helps... statistically, deferees do have a better shot at getting in RD than the average RD applicant (or at least they did when i applied). after i was deferred, in february, i sent my regional admissions officer a letter stating my continued interest in yale, and i attached a new personal statement (my old one was definitely the weak point in my application). i did this on the advice of my excellent high school college counselor, and i highly recommend it. even if you don't have anything new to add to your application, sending a short letter in february to your regional admissions officer definitely can't hurt.</p>
<p>hey, thanks for the encouraging words! it definetly helps ease the pain...</p>
<p>as for my counselor, she is not exactly experienced so any words of
advice on how to turn a deferral into an acceptance would be greatly appreciated (i go to a competetive li public school)</p>
<p>"sent my regional admissions officer a letter stating my continued interest in yale, and i attached a new personal statement (my old one was definitely the weak point in my application)"</p>
<p>did u send two pieces- one about ur interest in yale and another personal statement? n by personal statement do u mean the personal common app essay? I definetly think my essay about a trip abroad was my weak point -what was urs about? </p>
<p>thank you so much for the encouragement. I felt fine when I got my deferral because I was mentally prepared for it. But I'm probably more affected by it than I think. Now I feel more anxiety about april and I wonder if I'm doing somehing wrong with ALL of my apps. Meh.</p>
<p>It really helps to see a concrete example of someone who got accepted after all, because friend-of-a-friend stories and statistics of accepted deferrees do nothing for my despondence. It is even better that you went the extra mile and provided advice on an action plan.</p>
<p>I was also sorta numb upon reading the letter, because for a whole week leading up to it a gedzillion reasons kept popping up in my head as to why I could possibly not be accepted, from things I should have said in the interview to my 700 words in the Common App. essay. And after reading the letter I just knitted the whole day yesterday to maintain the blank in my mind. I only realised how much it probably still mattered deep down after waking up from my dream this morning, and still feel the lingering melancholy that I had felt in my dream, in which I was really just going through an ordinary day, except that I was so extraordinarily listness and paralysed by immense disappointment. So I guess I wasn't that numb.</p>