Deferred. Disappointed. Dartmouth seems to be the only school that hasn’t published ED stats.
@Stillthinking123 I’m also curious about why they have not yet released any stats. Is it because the number of applicants dropped? I think that to be highly unlikely as the trustees seemed to throw around a “fact” that the ED applications increased by 12%. Yet, this delay in the College’s response makes me believe that the number of applicants indeed dropped, and probably by a significant amount (i.e. 5%). I also don’t understand why they deferred so many students this year (at least the sample on this post seems to indicate that). Maybe they expected more applicants, but low application numbers threw them off and they resorted to the “backup strategy” of deferring a large chunk of applicants. If College Confidential presents an accurate representation of the applicant pool, then I think that about 80% were defered, 10% accepted, and 10% rejected (?). That is super weird! 
Oh well, good luck with your RD application process and I hope that Dartmouth takes a more sensible route and accepts you!
So I have a stupid question…
I got deferred. When they look at my application the second time with the RD applicants, is there anything special about my application versus the regular decisions??? Is there a differentiation on my application that says I was deferred, giving me an advantage over the pool of RD’s? Are all of us deferred’s in a separate pile? Or are we blindly thrown into the sea of everyone else, with no distinction?
Also, do I change anything from my original common app? Or do I just add additional materials? Can I edit my essay again? Do I re-submit the common app??
I am so sorry that I don’t know the answers to these questions, I have never seen anybody go through this process before and honestly was expecting a denial. If anybody on this thread is a student who went through this process or someone with knowledge about the deferred process I would greatly appreciate any help that any has!!! Thanks and best of luck to everyone!
Keggy-Most comparable schools are reporting reasonably large increases. Would be strange if they are down. I agree that it does seem like an excessive number of deferrals on this chat. Oh well. Eventually, they will have to announce statistics.
My daughter was accepted.
@oscar63, so happy for your daughter (and you!)
D2 was accepted. She’s a happy girl and I’m a proud mom:)
@TTdd16 Thank you so much!!!
@sdteak Congratulations!!
accepted!!!
Congrats to everyone accepted! If you were deferred don’t give up hope. Most of the kids accepted ED are legacies and athletes, which leaves little space for everyone else (Dartmouth is pretty small…) Catch you all in the RD round!! 
deferred
I was deferred. Does Dartmouth tend to take a lot of those who were deferred?
Deferred. Such a bad year. Not a single person in my school (competitive private high school) got into a Ivy without connections. Don’t give up–my friend got rejected ED Dartmouth and accepted RD Yale. Best of luck to all of you 
@applicantfor2022 5-10%.
My counselor said that this year Dartmouth is trying some new strategies in terms of acceptances. Esp. since it is the 2nd year with the new dean. They could be using early to recruit URMS, low-income, and underreped states/regions as they often get slack for not being diverse enough. And maybe they will decide to take more deferred this year, only time will tell. Also, Dartmouth is a lot more difficult to get in to than it seems. Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy but the same number of D1 sports teams as the rest, meaning far less room for non-athletes. Also, Dartmouth is VERY strong on legacy bc of the tight alumni network, much more than other schools, so a lot of space goes to these kids. And just statistically, most athletes/legacies are white and from costal areas of high population (Cali/New England). So they also need diversity, so they need to recruit lots of URMS, internationals, and people from underreped states. When you think about the slots left for an unhooked applicant, there are very few. Congrats to everyone who got accepted, hooked or unhooked, but don’t beat yourself up over it. if not Dartmouth, maybe Harvard, Penn or Stanford. It’s happened.
I think that your counselor is talking out of his/her hat in trying to rationalize the deferral.
Dartmouth and most of the other Ivies are already using Questbridge as a mechanism of recruiting low income students, in addition to the various fly-in programs ( destination Dartmouth-now Dartmouth Bound, Native American Fly-in, SEAD, etc) and CBOs- SEO scholars, which they have been doing for well over at least 15 years that I know about. If you look at Dartmouth’s common Data Sets over the years, they have been steadily increasing the number of students of color admitted.
I will admit, I am surprised at the number of deferrals. For a moment, I thought I was looking at Wash U.
@applicantfor2022 From the 2016 common data set, there were 1852 students placed on the waitlist, 963 who accepted a spot on the waitlist, and 129 students admitted from the waitlist.
So my friends daughter goes to an elite private school and along with many other very smart students got deferred from dartmouth ED while one of the dumbest people they know got in. that person happens to be a very rich legacy whose family donated and I heard this happened at all the other ivies too. does this mean there is no point in my daughter applying to dartmouth ED next year b/c only those who donate get in from the good schools b/c ivies only have a certain amount of spots from elite private schools??
@jbrad2868 I was accepted Dartmouth ED this year as a non-athletic asian with no legacy, not low-income, not an URM, from west coast with intended stem major, so don’t worry, your daughter still has a chance!