<p>Does being deferred mean you are rejected in a nice way?</p>
<p>not directly but it could mean that. It is called a courtesy deferral.</p>
<p>then why can't princeton just reject deferred applicants instead of torturing them by making them waiting for a few more months and then rejecting them?</p>
<p>Because they are cruel.</p>
<p>Don't despair! Deferred applicants have higher chance (14%) of getting in than regular applicants (8%).</p>
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<p>where did u get those numbers?</p>
<p>i'd rather be deferred than rejected.
if i was rejected, i would go crazy and lose confidence to apply to other colleges.
being rejected from the beginning (esp if it's your 1st choice) would SUCK!</p>
<p>I've always thought deferral was just a euphemism for rejection. SLACKAH, it definitely does suck to be rejected in the beginning from your first choice, as I was (by Dartmouth). When I found out a few weeks ago, I totally lost confidence in my other applications, but now, the confidence is slowly starting to come back. I remember talking to a few people at my school who got deferred from Stanford and they said, "even though I'm probably not going to get in RD, it just feels better than rejection."</p>
<p>Stanford's one of those schools that reject far more than they defer -- so a deferral means they actually have a chance.</p>
<p>Courtesy deferrals at most schools are mainly for alumni children who would otherwise be rejected, so that the school doesn't damage relationships with donating alums too much.</p>
<p>what about deferral for a URM-hispanic?</p>
<p>Are they just waiting to see the other urm-hispanics that will apply?</p>
<p>Teh acceptance rate of deferred students actually varies from year to year. 14% is the high water mark. 5% is the low mark. That is straight from the horses' mouth. I called them awhile ago.</p>
<p>wonderful, wonderful.</p>
<p>I don't know if I was happier not knowing that bit of information.</p>
<p>Deferral means just that: Princeton will look at you again within the context of the RD pool. The best way to think of it is as if you didnt submit ED at all and your chances are now about the same as anyone else submitting RD. Depending on the school and the year, the ED deferred admission rate is often higher than the RD rate but not as high as the ED rate. So if you were deferred, you are still in the game and some deferred will definitely be accepted, but the odds are less in your favor than if you were accepted ED.</p>
<p>hmm.. everyone who applied from my school get deferred from pton. EVERYONE. in that case, i don't think deferral means still hope</p>
<p>I disagree. I still think deferral means hope. Princeton probably wants to see other applicants before making their decisions; remember deferral applicants have higher acceptance rate than regular applicants.</p>
<p>I assume that deferred applicants have at least a slight boost, as they have a higher chance of matriculation than rd folks.... right?</p>
<p>Well of course it is still hope. You weren't rejected. They still will keep you on because perhaps you mean something to them. Even if it is just to not upset the community it still is something. Let's see what April brings. Hopefully the Adcoms will forgot what T.S. Eliot said about that month when they hand out decisions.</p>
<p>Wow, this board just got way too high-brow for me.</p>