<p>So I guess I'm probably one of the first people to get my letter cause I live in MD. I got deferred and am pretty crushed. The letter said about 15% of people deferred get accepted in regular admissions but at this point I'm too depressed to even consider that possibility. The main thing I'm trying to figure out is why i got deferred. Any ideas or advice on supplementing my app?</p>
<p>Asian/White Female, semi competitive Public School
GPA 3.85 WGPA 4.51
SAT 1440 ACT 31
Recs: Excellent, plus I had a severe extended illness my freshman year that didnt affect my grades that i "overcame" or whatever, my counselor wrote it
EC: Student Government, Yearbook Editor, NHS President, Played cello for nine years in all-state, all county, and several other top orchestras
Jobs: I work at a Vet and play cello at weddings
Awards:
Some national writing awards
Regional writing awards
Maryland Distinguished Scholar
Was selected to travel to Africa as a student ambassador</p>
<p>the only thing I can think of is that I declared my major as bio/english double major originally but they made me pick one. I picked bio but Im much stronger at writing and didnt take a science SAT II cause my most recent science class was an Anatomy class and they dont have an SAT II for that. Should I just take a science SAT II in some random subject and just try to cram a year of knowledge into my head in the next month?</p>
<p>Hey! Don't worry about being deferred, it's just the way it goes, I was also deferred, and I got in, many times they just want to make sure that you are keeping up your good grades, your ECS, etc. I know a person on the Admissions committee and many time sthey don't accept someone EA, unless teh committee feels 100% sure that they are going to go. It's just part of the game, enjoy the rest of your senior year, keep your grades up, and good luck in April! :)</p>
<p>asdfjkl87- I'm really sorry to hear that you were deferred. can you make a new thread called "EA Decisions" and restate your decision there? We were planning it so the first person to be notified would start that thread. Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Major wouldn't affect the decision. What's your class rank?</p>
<p>This data is old--for the 2002 class--but if you were in the top 5 percent of your class and had an SAT Verbal in the 700's, your odds were 229/728; Math in the 700's, 235/754. Students simply don't understand how daunting the odds are AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW "GOOD" YOU ARE. </p>
<p>The high-end colleges--and Georgetown is one--could fill out two or three (four in Yale or Harvard's case) classes with completely different people with virtually no statistical difference in the result. An admissions decision--either way--should not be regarded as an assessment of your self worth...though it feels like crap. The best way that I've ever seen it described is this way: you're at a party and someone passes you with a tray of cookies...why do you pick <em>that</em> one instead of <em>this</em> one? Once you're in the selection pool...and the OP most certainly was...that's about how it is.</p>
<p>Good luck. Btw, I started a thread in the Parents Forum about people who were rejected/deferred ED/EA last year and how things turned out. There were about 10 posts as of last night and you may find it inspiring that <em>every single student</em> for whom that happened is <em>extremely</em> happy this year. You may want to read....</p>