<p>If you are deferred, you get placed into the admissions pile containing the RD apps, right? Since the RD applicants apply in December, they have more time to fill out their applications, so can a person who was deferred in November add things to/update their resumes that may have happened to them between Nov- December? Thanks :)</p>
<p>Being deferred is almost certain (90% plus) to mean rejection at top schools. If you're going to straingthen your record, wait for RD.</p>
<p>You certainly can send things, just as any student can send supplementary materials. I understand it's not exactly the same thing, but aside from something such as a midyear report that you might be required to add to your app, I would imagine your new info would be treated similarly. How much the school will take these into account, I don't know. I would imagine it would depend on the school.
I agree that generally a deferral almost always equals a rejection...but I do know this isn't true 100% of the time. So if the college that deferred you remains your #1 choice, do what you can to better you chances.</p>
<p>I was deferred from my #1 choice this past December. I was really upset, and refrained from thinking about the school after my deferral, telling myself that I was basically rejected. I decided to send some updated information to the school in January or February (a couple of recent awards I had earned), just so that they'd know I still was interested, and to show that I was still active and hadn't completely succumbed to "senioritis." In March, I was accepted. To be honest, I collapsed on the floor and cried when I saw my acceptance notification. Of course, the overwhelming majority of deferrals are indeed rejected in the spring, but there are always those who will get in, even at an elite school like Penn. =]</p>
<p>Yes. Some schools will even send you an optional update form where you can add all that stuff.</p>
<p>Deferrals mean different things at different schools. Read up in each school's forum to see if deferral=friendly early rejection or deferral=still possible.</p>
<p>i was deferred from Harvard and i was really down about it in December. i sent in some updated awards and stuff. and then in March i got my RD email. i still remember the first sentence of the RD email: "I am delighted to inform you that the Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid has voted to offer you a place in the Harvard Class of 2010."</p>
<p>i jumped up and down for like an hour straight...so don't give up hope!!!</p>
<p>those stories were really enlightening!! I'm going to cross my fingers if it happens to me and not lose hope, too :) </p>
<p>one last question, where did you get the forms to update your information? Are they automatically sent to you once you apply to certain colleges?</p>
<p>I do not agree with the statement that deferral means 90% rejection. MIT for instance accepts a slightly higher precentage of deferred over kids who apply RD. This is because the EA applicants, overall, tend to be stronger. </p>
<p>Last year, Caltech sent some (all??) deferred applicants suggestions on how to strengthen their apps, and urged them to keep in tough.</p>
<p>^In general though, only about 10% of deferred kids are accepted. If you're a qualified applicant and you go ED, odds are, if they want you, they'll take you.</p>
<p>Where are you getting your figure? </p>
<p>For MIT 11% of deferred get in on RD, which backs you up, but then one must notice that RD applicants are slightly less than 10% admissions rate , so never mind.</p>
<p>MIT is committed to only taking 30% of their class from early applicants. That is from their website. <a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/early_action_versus_regular_action/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/early_action_versus_regular_action/index.shtml</a>
I am guessing other schools also have some sort of quota. EA applicants tend to be more qualified than RD applicants, so they pick up the rest in RD. </p>
<p>and here are some stats:
Early action
Applicants 3,493
Admitted 390
Deferred to regular action 2,638
Deferred applicants admitted during regular action 289</p>
<p>Regular action
Applicants 8,952
Total considered during regular action (including deferred students) 11,590
Admitted (including deferred students) 1,163
Waitlisted 499</p>
<p>I dont feel like researching other schools, but I am pretty sure Caltech is similar.</p>
<p>I know a kid who was deferred at Yale, but got in RD. It's possible!</p>
<p>^Oh yes, it's possible. But it isn't LIKELY.</p>
<p>And your MIT number, anotherparent, actually supports what I said...</p>
<p>ses - only if you acknowledge that only 10% get in by RD. I did acknowledge my stats supported what you said, but like many stats yours are misleading. </p>
<p>You say that 90% deferred will get rejected. You need to also mention that 90% of RDs also get rejected, and actually it is 89% of deferred get rejected.</p>
<p>I dont think we need to mislead people. No one has given any support to the idea that deferred students are at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>SES and collegekid: the fact is almost EVERYBODY will be rejected. Two years in a row, Y has under 10% acceptance rate. This year's entering class is the lowest accept rate of any class of any Ivy in history. The app numbers are just that shocking. </p>
<p>Some do get in. I don't think there is a statistical pattern of deferred ED/EA applicants in the RD pool. I'd assume that some years it's good, some years it's bad.</p>
<p>For readers on this site, this statistical guessing game can't really yield any benefit other than to allay or add to worries.</p>