<p>With the influx of applicants do deferred students really stand a chance of still getting accepted??</p>
<p>yes, but your chances were small beforehand and therefore are still small.</p>
<p>i think you should pull back and think why they would defer you.</p>
<p>a) they wanted to admit you, but because of the restriction of class size (they only want to admit 44% of the class or so) they chose to defer you instead.</p>
<p>b) your grades were ok, but something was missing to your story, and they wanted to see if you would improve grades with a full first semester, or have new accolades that would change the story.</p>
<p>c) you offer something particularly unique (athlete, artist, interested in an underrepresented major) and they want to keep you around just in case the actual applicant pool doesn’t have stronger students with similar talents. think of it as keeping a deep bench.</p>
<p>i have heard of d, but i am not sure how much columbia uses it. d) they know they probably would not admit you, but there was nothing wrong with your application, and in fact you were extraordinarily admissible, but just don’t standout as particularly incredible.</p>
<p>all of the above are good reasons for deferral, and each carries with it various chances for admission, all of them though relatively low in probability statistically. columbia says they admit deferred students at the same rate they admit regular applicants (which means we are talking 5-9%). in the end the saving grace should be that if you are really a strong and interesting candidate the fact that you applied early will be an advantage, there is a sense that you might have more loyalty to columbia as a result.</p>
<p>That is actually really helpful, I got straight A’s every year jr year so idk if my grades were the problem. However my mid year report has 2 B’s on it, but I am also taking more AP classes so I hope that doesn’t hurt my chances. I am drafting my Columbia letter now and it has new information such as joining the varisty track team and founding a club. I was thinking of putting a video together of my class mates and teachers advocating for me. I really want this and hopefully they see that.</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>Everythign admissiongeek said lol</p>
<p>And don’t do the video thing…sorry I know yoou were probably really looking forward to it, but admission officers are very, very, very, very busy and probably would not even open it for viewing. Or if they watch it and see that its just “your class mates and teachers advocating you,” they would probably get kind of annoyed. Your teacher’s and school’s support is showcased in your recommendations.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Okay, maybe the video thing is a bit extreme. Thanks for the advice!</p>
<p>i got deferred as well 
I guess my chances are super low
However I got a likely letter from Dartmouth, so if i get rejected from columbia it wont be that big of a downgrade
Hopefully Columbia can come to their senses!
Good luck to all you deferred souls (including me)</p>
<p>does anyone know where it’s best to send the expected update letter (reaffirm interest etc.)? i’ve heard e-mail to regional representative, send via mail to admissions office itself, or both. which do you think is best?</p>
<p>email to regional representative or to columbia’s main email contact. it will then get added to your file.</p>