My good friend just recieved word from Wake Forest University, his “dream school”, that he has been deferred from early decesion to regular decesion. I am trying to make him feel confident, as he was a very borderline applicant, that he still has a good chance. Is it possible to be rejected from the ED pool, or is everyone who they dont want deferred and then rejected in RD? Thanks for the input
<p>They will reject if they think he's not qualified. So being deferred means he has a chance.</p>
<p>just post his stats here</p>
<p>3.4W
1290 SAT
SAT2's
-Writing(dont know, but i know he took it, 600's maybe??)
-Math IC 710
-Spanish below 600, not sure by how much</p>
<p>his 1st semester grades for senior year are good, like a 4.1 or something. he is also having our math teacher write him another rec, should be a good one, because hes really dedicated to math and its an AP class.</p>
<p>well he sounds boarderline, i honestly think that he won't make it ed1, he won't be rejected but rather deferred and the he might just make it, better think of some other schools though just in case.</p>
<p>It all depends on the school. Some schools, like Stanford, actually reject ED applicants. Others have a different approach and almost never reject an ED app even if they're sure they'll never take them ED either.</p>
<p>Stanford rejects around 55-60% of EA applicants, so getting deferred shows that the person is qualified (and has a good chance) at RD. Is Wake Forest the same?? i donno</p>
<p>good point, i dont know if wake forest rejects their ED applicants. If they do, then he might have a chance. either way, he is filling a lot of other apps out. thanks guys</p>
<p>hm his scores are a little low for wake forest...is he an athlete or is there something else that would counterbalance his scores/gpa?</p>