Deferral Process?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Deferred applicant wondering how the deferral process works. Is every app that was deferred reconsidered or only the ones that are "flagged" or "marked"? I know some schools only reconsider the deferred applications that were flagged, so just wondering if MIT does the same</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>If they weren’t going to reconsider your application why wouldn’t they just reject you outright in the early cycle? </p>

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<p>@"UMTYMP student"‌ the reason I am asking is because a friend of mine was deferred from UChicago last year, and she made sure her application was flagged as a precaution, to ensure it would be reconsidered by the head of admissions. Just asking if MIT works the same, since I’m not sure. </p>

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<p>What does “flagged” mean? Deferred is deferred…you enter the regular decision round. I would think there is accepted, rejected, and deferred. Then in the RD round there is accepted, rejected, and waitlisted…</p>

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<p>@sdgal2 I think its where the application is given additional consideration, it may be a UChicago thing. That’s at least how my friend described it, since she knew someone in admissions who was able to flag/mark her application </p>

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<p>I’m not sure it’s a UChicago thing as much as it’s an I know someone in admissions thing… :)</p>

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<p>To answer the original question, all applications that were deferred in the early round are re-read (during application reading) and re-discussed (during selection) at MIT. </p>

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<p>Thank you for the clarification @molliebatmit‌ </p>

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<p><a href=“Next Steps For the Deferred | MIT Admissions”>http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/next-steps-for-the-deferred&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;