<p>Yeah, deferral does suck pretty hard. There are different kinds of deferrals though. At Cornell, like everyone gets deferred. So only like 5% of deferred applicants get accepted… Because of that, I’ve been able to consider it a polite rejection. </p>
<p>At Chicago, it has more significant though. I think it’s like 20-25% usually that are eventually admitted. So yeah, the waiting would suck.</p>
<p>Georgetown had the guts to say in the last paragraph of the letter that, “Deferral is not a rejection. In recent years, about 10% of deferred EA applicants are admitted in the RD pool.” To which I reacted, “OH YAY! A whopping 10%!” I love both UChicago and Georgetown a lot. UChicago has a lead, but it’s close. It’s really a shame that I can’t go to both.</p>
<p>I applied ED to Barnard College of Columbia and was deferred, so I get yah. If, by some miracle, I’m admitted to Chicago, I may choose to drop every other application and just deposit here. I’m mentally exhausted by this waiting.</p>
<p>I would probably do the same, but don’t think its plausible with my family’s financial situation. And, it will be interesting to see my admission decisions at Notre Dame, Boston College, and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>I probably wouldn’t deposit immediately because my parents will inevitably insist I apply to HYPMS just to try but I wouldn’t invest an excessive amount of effort into those applications. At this point in time (after my ED rejection from Columbia), I’m certain that Chicago is my first choice.</p>
<p>Yeah. I am almost positive Chicago is my top choice. It has an unmatched focus and emphasis on academics and discovery-that’s the real draw to me with Chicago.</p>
<p>If it does come out at 49 EST…</p>
<p>19 HOURS AND COUNTING</p>
<p>That is if it tomorrow-which i think it will be.</p>
<p>so ive heard from several sources online and whatnot that they come out at 4 pm est dec 15…which is really scary…IM FREAKING OUT!</p>
<p>Nice to read all your posts… I thought sometihng was seriously wrong when I didn’t get anytihng form Chicago this past week… Really hope I get an acceptance offer soon I’m willing to give up my chances for Virginia, Northwestern and all my UCs just for Chicago… Goodluck guys!</p>
<p>@italianmutt723: Yep, that’s the consensus on these boards too. Someone else has already created a countdown, which is sitting (which really makes it all sound benign) on my browser’s bookmarks bar:</p>
<p>[Full</a> Screen Countdown to Dec 15, 2009 4:00 PM in Boston](<a href=“Full Screen Countdown to Dec 15, 2009 4:00 pm in Boston”>Full Screen Countdown to Dec 15, 2009 4:00 pm in Boston)</p>
<p>Let’s hope your sources and the collective wisdom of this forum turns out to be correct.</p>
<p>haha
im like srrinath
got deferred from Columbia last week and I hate the waiting game. I have never been a patient person, so the waiting eats at my soul. UChicago is definately my top choice and I just want in 
If I was deferred/rejected from UChicago too I would just go into chocolate overdose.</p>
<p>Do they just automatically defer everybody or do people get rejected too?
What can you do if you get deferred?</p>
<p>The part of me that wants to eliminate competition would tell you to write a cheesy song about Chicago and email it to every adcom in the office. 
</p>
<p>But the rational part of me realizes that at a place like Chicago, that might just get you accepted. :(</p>
<p>In any case, if you do get deferred, I suppose you could send them an updated version of your accomplishments detailing everything you’ve done or intend to do since you submitted your app. I’ve also heard of people sending in essays but if you’ve done your essays right in the first place, they should’ve brought out the most compelling points in your case already, so it might not be the wisest thing to be repetitive or to go into something insignificant. The trivial case (i.e. that you’ve forgotten to include something important about you in the first place) would only make things worse, showing an inability to plan accordingly.</p>
<p>neogop, I’m sorry you didn’t get into Georgetown EA. I was rooting for you! Hopefully Chicago will turn out better for you tomorrow :)</p>
<p>Out of curiosity neogop, which school at G-town did you apply to? If Chicago doesn’t work, I’ll be sending my app in for SFS soon.</p>
<p>Thanks, Romanticism. I sulked around a little tonight, and then I realized that life is full of disappointment. It just is. You get disappointed in college, in mate-finding, in job-hunting, and in attempts to succeed in general. But that’s not a bad thing. It’s just life and human nature to be disappointed and unfulfilled. I’ve come to grips tonight that I’m NOT the best out there, that dreaming is not satisfactory to reaching my goals. I wish I had worked harder earlier in high school, but there’s no use in dwelling on the past. I must make the best of what my application says, and try to go to the college right for me. I hope and pray that that school is Chicago, but who knows. I’d probably be very happy at Tufts or Boston College, too. While I can never be THE best, I can strive for MY best. And even with my mediocre high school GPA, I can still reach my life-long goals, with or without Georgetown (but maybe not Chicago, hehe). </p>
<p>Congrats, Romanticism, and in the event you attend Georgetown, I wish you the best of luck there… it’s a tremendous school. <em>Crosses fingers for RD admission</em></p>
<p>@srrinath, I applied to The College, which had more EA apps than ever. From what I saw, MSB had relatively low EA standards this year because of a smaller application pool (people were getting in with 30 ACT, and all 3 SAT II’s under 700).</p>
<p>good luck to everyone on here waiting on decisions!</p>
<p>Neogop, it’s great to read your reflections. I’ve been known to tell my friends that college isn’t quite about where you go but more so about why you go there and what you do once you’re there. That would be cool and all if I believed in it completely. But even in my partial conviction, it was that stream of thought that brought me to Chicago’s doors, where sincerity is the rule of the day and to quote a book out of context where “everything exists in moderation, including moderation”. But it doesn’t matter if Chicago eventually works out because with that attitude, you’ll succeed anywhere. Whatever you immediate or life-long goals might be, I wish you the best of luck, though I suspect that you wouldn’t really need it.</p>
<p>I was deferred at Georgetown this afternoon, which was a bit disheartening. I’m hoping that a good Chicago decision will turn that around! Chicago has always been my secret favorite (although I’ll never admit that because I always say that I don’t want to go to a school that’s right in my backyard). </p>
<p>My fingers are crossed for tomorrow. I’m trying to stay positive!</p>
<p>Neogop, what’s your GPA? Because I’m kind of desperately hoping that all of the other parts of my application will outweigh that.</p>