<p>I know I asked this last week, but no one took me seriously because they thought I was getting in...</p>
<p>surprise surprise I got deferred!</p>
<p>so my question is- can we call the admissions office to ask why we were deferred?</p>
<p>^ I’m sorry being one of those people who didn’t take you seriously. But I got rejected unfortunately and am going to call or email Yale tomorrow. I’m going to ask why I was rejected but in a way that it says different such as " I understand your final decision but were there any flaws in my application that I could improve for my others applications" or something around those lines. For me I have nothing to lose since Yale won’t be looking at my app anymore so I’ll let you know tomorrow what the adcom says. I have a quick question, do you know where we can get our regional officers office phone number? The yale website only has emails.</p>
<p>I guess there’s nothing stopping you but I don’t think it’s a good idea. If it’s a committee who votes on your decision then I doubt they keep notes or anything, and the person in the admissions office is unlikely to know. You’re more likely just going to annoy them by calling to ask that.</p>
<p>You will have been deferred for the same reason everyone else was deferred - you’re good, clearly they know that. But they didn’t see anything about your application that really amazed them, so they want to see you in the same light as everyone else.</p>
<p>Apparently they deferred like 50% of the SCEA applicants. That’s a LOT.</p>
<p>I know my opinion doesn’t really mean anything but I would advise you against calling. I’m sorry you got deferred. But come April, some great college is going to want you.</p>
<p>Things will work out :)</p>
<p>i never got an EA interview. do you think i could call and ask for one for RD?</p>
<p>@collegestress- Hey don’t worry about it. and I’m sorry you got rejected 
That’s a good plan, thank you so much for your help! CC is such a wonderful place and I’m really grateful for people like you 
no idea about the phone number, but you could call the general admissions office and ask them to direct you to your regional admissions officer</p>
<p>does anyone have the link to the regional officers page?</p>
<p>Collegestress: Could you let me know how that turns out, because I was wondering the same thing. Not sure if it would be better to e-mail or call, or would they not know/not answer anyway.</p>
<p>admissions officers contact info:</p>
<p>[Staff</a> Directory | Contact Us | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/contact/staff.html]Staff”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/contact/staff.html)</p>
<p>good luck guys! i feel so humbled right now. you are all incredible- i am proud to be in the class of 2010</p>
<p>I got deferred too. Is it possible they saw something amazing in you and just deferred you into RD to see how your senior year grades were (my grades aren’t that hot)? I think I’m going to have my college counselor call.</p>
<p>Don’t call. </p>
<p>I understand you heartbroken you are right now, but calling is not the way to go.</p>
<p>Take some time and really think about whether there is anything that you have accomplished since you applied. Wait until February and just send in a SHORT letter describing anything of note, be gracious, and hope they choose you in the spring.</p>
<p>Don’t call.</p>
<p>Second: Don’t call. </p>
<p>If you were deferred, this will only annoy them… they don’t want 2,000 phone calls just to give the same answer to all of them: your application was excellent, there’s really no way to improve it (they probably won’t say this - but it will be implied). Even if there is something to improve on, they won’t have the knowledge to tell you and if they did, they wouldn’t.</p>
<p>If you were rejected, the conversation will be very short… something like I’m sure your application was good, but we can only accept 700 (SCEA) or 1900 applicants a year. They will have no knowledge of your application. </p>
<p>My advice… late January, if you were deferred, send in a letter with additional information (if there is any) and your transcript for first semester (this is required anyway?).</p>
<p>In “Acing the Common App” by Hernandez, she recommends calling if you were deferred… hmmm so confused, I see where myth and work are coming from also.</p>
<p>A very well thought out letter in January will go much further than a phone call.</p>
<p>like what mythbuster said a letter they can put in your file and discuss in the actual admissions meetings, a call will be with someone who will not remember anything your telling them and most likely not know anything about you</p>
<p>Unless you have some reason to believe that a mistake was made (i.e., part of your application wasn’t received), a call will only get you a canned response that probably won’t make you feel any better.</p>
<p>Oops, forgot to say that I was rejected. I would like to know, if possible, what could improve on my app for other colleges. Would calling them up then be a bad idea? I mean, I’m already no long even considered, so its not like it could hurt my chances :/</p>
<p>P.S. (I’m not the OP, posted later in thread).</p>
<p>You could call. Of course it would not hurt, but let me give you the canned response you will probably receive:</p>
<p>“We can not discuss specific applications. I’m sure your application was strong, but we can only accept so many strong candidates. Good luck with your future prospects.”</p>
<p>It’s not that they don’t care, it’s the fact that thousands of applicants would call wondering why they were rejected or deferred so they are forced to give this canned response.</p>
<p>my counselor called the morning after the results came out for a friend and i, both of whom were deferred. she actually chatted about our applications with our regional rep, but i only had a second to talk to her about what happened and she did mention that they reviewed my supplementary materials and said they were strong. i don’t know how much else they discussed, but i’ll try to find out. my counselor is extremely well-known in college admissions so she tends to get the inside scoop with things like these.</p>
<p>^ Lucky…Your counselor would call for you!! Okay like I originally said I would either email or call my regional adcom to find out if there was anything I could do to improve my app for other colleges. I ended up emailing him and he replied with exactly what I expected him to, just stuff about how “Yale does not give specifics about an application to the applicant… The selection process is very tough … and lastly they are trying to find the best “fit” for them”. If you were deferred or rejected, save the time by not contacting the adcom, because like Mythbuster2000 said they will give you a canned response. From my personal experience, I think he probably copied and pasted the same response to me to all the other rejectees/ deferrals. Anyways Good Luck to all the deferred CCers!!!:)</p>
<p>i went to an information session with a yale rep this fall, and when someone asked what the difference between an accepted and deferred student was, he said “usually, absolutely nothing.” it’s a matter of filling out a diverse, interesting class and their needs most likely differ from year to year. i imagine if you called them you’d get a similar answer.</p>