<p>well I was deferred like about 3000 other people.. better luck in April, and congrats to all those who got in!</p>
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<p>As it is every Dec. 15 on this board.</p>
<p>Checking on the Yale SCEA results…</p>
<p>alisa, it’s the same every year. I think it’s actually a very good sign if you’re deferred (though you do unfortunately have to wait another couple of months to hear the final word from Yale). On CC, people who were deferred last year from Yale were all accepted to awesome schools in the regular round, often even with likely letters, so don’t dwell on this on stumbling stone too much :).</p>
<p>—Yale SCEAer last year… who was deferred:p</p>
<p>Everyone at my school who has applied to a top-40 school has been deferred…I’m really nervous for my Notre Dame EA letter, I want to go there SOOOO badly.</p>
<p>An outsider’s take: Not surprised. This happens every year. Applying SCEA to Yale is pointless, unless you’re close to 100% certain that you have something of value that less than 1% of an applicant pool of powerhouses doesn’t. Pure and simple.</p>
<p>Deferred as well.</p>
<p>^thank you everyone 
I know this admissions process is somewhat of a gamble, and I don’t take it too personally. Just have to wait until April now and hope for the best!</p>
<p>Good day, my dear admissions officers. I must say, I do not belong with these rustics in the deferred pool! I graduated at Philips Andover with a 4.0 GPA and my father was a Bonesman at Yale! Now accept me or else.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
George W Bush</p>
<p>I feel stupid…
I guess I wasn’t smart/good enough. :(</p>
<p>^^Haha my friend who was with me when I checked was like: “They let Bush in, didn’t they?!? He’s dumb! They shoulda let you in!” I was deferred, btw.</p>
<p>s3n10r, don’t say that! If you’ve taken a look at the stats of those deferred, you’ll have seen that even academic stars (2400s, 36s, 4.0s) were considered “borderline” applicants. With such a competitive applicant pool, it’s not about how smart you are, it’s about how much you stand out (and perhaps how much luck you possess).</p>
<p>If you get down because you were deferred (like me) just know people like Silverturtle got deferred. Goes to show personality, grades, scores, and EC’s sometimes can’t get you in completely. Just know that you, like he, me, and everybody, are still good people who will do great. </p>
<p>And then we get *<strong><em>ing accepted RD, *</em></strong>*es. Yeah.</p>
<p>I just wish they hadn’t made up all that phony baloney stuff in the rejection letter about how, “You may wonder why the admissions committee did not decide to defer your candidacy for reconsideration in the Regular Decision process. […] Our admissions committee attempts to give final decisions to as many students as possible so that they will be able to work with their guidance counselors and families to focus full attention on other applications.” </p>
<p>We might have been rejected, but we’re NOT idiots.</p>
<p>deferred as well…
at least its easier to talk to your friends about it…</p>
<p>if you were accepted, lot of people would get annoyed by your incessant smiling(and its kind of IN YOUR FACE when people all around you are studying their brains out for Japanese entrance exams).
if you were rejected, lot of people would get annoyed by your incessant crying.</p>
<p>amazingme: It’s not nice to read a rejection letter but what wording would you suggest that conveys respect, genuine shared disappointment, useful direction and well wishes all at the same time?</p>
<p>@T26E4: It’s definitely not the well wishes part, but the part that says that they “attempt[ed] to give final decisions to as many students as possible,” when in reality, they deferred over half their applicants, while many other schools either accept or reject most early decision applicants. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with deferring that many excellent applicants, but I wish they had just talked about how competitive the applicant pool was and proceeded to their well wishes rather than seemingly trying to hide from those rejected that they did not give final decisions to 56% of applicants. </p>
<p>I apologize if I sound bitter, but I just want people to tell it to me straight.</p>
<p>^That doesn’t mean they didn’t “attempt to give final decisions to as many students as possible.” That just means making final decisions before seeing the RD pool can be very difficult.</p>