<p>The poster on the Columbia forum was turned down ED from Columbia this year. He called and had a long chat with his regional rep, and though, no, it did not change the outcome, he got a much better idea of what the admissions picture there is. He Marylandmom's D's case, she is deferred, so such a discussion could be directly helpful. </p>
<p>However, I do feel moving on is important. The stats are agains RD after Ed for all of the anecdotal successes. There are some consultants and services, CC being one of them, that seem to specialize and do well in that area. I am not someone who has much experience in this and have not seen much success in getting in after deferal.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, where did she say that she thought her D had a good shot? I just reread all of her posts on this thread and didn't see her say anything like that. Was that on another thread?</p>
<p>I interpreted the question, "...any advice on turning a deferral into acceptance?" as a belief that the applicant had a realistic chance of acceptance in the first place. </p>
<p>I'm not sure that being at or below the median range for a school that accepts less than 25% of their applicants is realistic, lacking an identifiable hook.</p>
<p>Parents- I too have been deferred from my top choice, Stanford. I know it's tough to get in now in the RD round, but I was wondering if you had any advice that would help me possibly gain admission into Stanford now. Thank you very much. It's been a little tough for me to take, but I think I'll survive.</p>
<p>Momsdream On another earlier thread Marylandmom asked what we thought of her daughters chances..she did not say she thought her D. had a good shot to my recollection..She just asked what we thought of chances.</p>