<p>My “S” was deferred for EA @ BC. It was initially in his “top 3”, however, the deferral was disheartening for him. He seemed to think it was because the school is 70% Catholic.</p>
<p>He since is focusing on his other top schools. He has already been admitted to 2 other top EA schools.</p>
<p>BC lost a bright student.</p>
<p>My friends son was waitlisted at Middlebury. My husband, who is an alumnus and interviewer for Middlebury, told him to call everyday and go visit if he could ( not an easy trip from California). The guy did both things and was accepted about 2 weeks before the start of the semester! He had already committed to another school so he forfeited the deposit. Schools like Middlebury are not only academically selective by are particularly focused on the “fit”. This kid was perfectly qualified and seemingly a good fit. I think if perhaps you don’t stand out a being super unique in some way, you need to offset that by being intensely committed to being at the school. Oh, and my husband did put in a good word for him, but we have known MANY legacies to be rejected from Middlebury so it is usually not all that helpful!</p>
<p>Question regarding update letters – My D sent her regional admissions counselor an e-mail updating her on some new awards and reiterating her enthusiasm for the school, but even though it’s been about 3 weeks, she hasn’t gotten a response. Is this to be expected, or should she be sure her letter arrived? I just don’t want her to look like a pest…
Thanks.</p>
<p>No response is the norm. It’s frustrating not to know whether the email reached its destination, but it probably did. Your daughter shouldn’t email the regional rep again. Instead, as a back-up plan, she might want to send a snail-mail copy of the letter to the admission office’s general address. On the lower left-hand corner of the front of the envelope, she can write: Additional information for [her name, high school name, high school city/state or country] Applicant to the class of 2014</p>
<p>Even if the regional rep already got the email and printed it out and put it in your daughter’s file, this duplication won’t work against her.</p>
<p>fightingillini…that is ironic that you go there as I live literally 15 minutes from the U of I campus. Many of my friends want to go there. Just wanted to add that haha. </p>
<p>And as for a story, I was deferred by Brown University. I recently sent in an updated letter reiterating my interest, a page with updated extracurriculars, and a 100% research paper about Open Curriculum (which Brown is famous for and a contributing factor to my desire to go there!) that I got in my AP english class. I am just hoping the paper doesn’t annoy them - i think worst case scenario, however, is they don’t read it. </p>
<p>I also plan to submit the cover page and abstract of a legislative bill that i wrote and submitted to a state senator for review. </p>
<p>Anyway - when I want something, I work my butt off to get it. Problem is, I have a 26 on the ACT and am just BARELY out of the top 10% (bad freshman year with mostly B’s brought me to 11% in the class)…so these are not typical stats for someone applying to an ivy league. But I am relentless, so even if I am rejected, I plan on submitting a handwritten thank you note for reading my application and possibly doing the same thing as said in the previous post of the girl rejected at NYU who was later accepted.</p>
<p>My friend last year was deferred from Hamilton. She wrote them two letters - one right after the deferral. basically stating that Hamilton was still her first choice and that she would go if admitted RD. Then, with her mid-year grades, she sent another recommendation from a teacher and a letter basically saying that she was still working hard. Not sure if it helped, but she was admitted RD and loves it today.</p>
<p>@gojumbos - Congratulations - your story made me feel inspired. :)</p>
<p>I was deferred from Brown in December. Since then, I have sent two letters about recent awards received, as well as an art supplement and extra teacher recommendation. </p>
<p>Should I call the admission office to check to see if these materials have been received? I know that they probably have, and no response is usual, but I don’t like being unsure on matters this important. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any help.</p>
<p>Since there’s no history of misplaced or misfiled submissions, at this point your contacting them to check on the receipt of these extra materials is probably overkill. Resist the temptation to bug their admissions office. Since you were a deferee from Brown, it says that you’re at least a viable candidate – maybe you’ll get in, maybe you won’t. However, it’s a given that you’ll have a successful collegiate career, wherever decide to eventually attend. Relax, get away, don’t focus on things you can’t change. Enjoy your Senior year.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Haha okay. I’ll resist the urge. Thanks.</p>
<p>bumping this thread!</p>
<p>I got deferred from Penn and sent a letter asking what went wrong and what I can do 5 days after the deferral. I received a reply from adcom empathising with me, telling to me to send a letter of interest in feb. She also recommended against sending additional LORs and essays!</p>
<p>I raised my SAT super score by 100 points, SAT subject by 110 points, took up a new job, helped in a current social moment going on in my country in my own unique way and expanded my start-up. I sent the update letter on Valentine’s day and made analogies about how Penn is like my first crush who I could never get over. I wrote a small paragraph about what all I fantasise about doing at penn : writing at kelly writer’s house, doing couple of fun penn traditions, studying under x professor, researching at x lab etc. I ended the para with saying I can go on and on about what else I love about penn but I have learned from previous experience that sending 11 pages of “Why I love you” to your crush doesn’t get desired results. I also promised that I would attend if I get in. The whole EC update + reiterating interest letter worded around 300 words.</p>
<p>Do you think this will be enough ? I believe one part of my app wasn’t represented very well and an extra LOR would help immensely. I wrote a mail asking if it’d be okay to send one but I haven’t got a reply yet. It’s too late anyway now.</p>
<p>Also, should I be worried that I haven’t got a confirmation yet ? I sent letter both to my regional adcom and to Penn records with my full details. A couple of people told me that you don’t want to come as desperate. I don’t understand why not ? </p>
<p>Because desperation is never attractive, It repulses people at an instinctive level, I thought you indicated you understood that when you referenced how 11 pages to a crush doesn’t get desired result. Do not send in an extra LOR, you were told as much directly. You have to carefully choose what you send initially and in your basically one extra shot. You’re done. Sit tight.</p>
<p>I was deferred EA by Tulane, likely because of interest sensitivity, but then I sent a few e-mails to my rep and planned to go to New Orleans (which, unfortunately, got cancelled because of snow here). I was accepted with a 25K per year scholarship and an invite to the honors college in February, well before the end of RD decisions. The fact that they initially deferred me will not be a factor in my decision making process.</p>
<p>Reiterating the questions that’s been eating me up from inside : should I be worried that I haven’t got a confirmation yet ? I sent letter both to my regional adcom and to Penn records with my full details. :(</p>
<p>My niece was deferred from UNC. She did absolutely nothing…didn’t even write a letter. She was accepted in RD three months later. </p>