I was wondering how likely it is to get in after a deferral? (I couldn’t find much information about deferrals online)
I’m assuming it is going to be even harder now with even more applicants and also after seeing the other people that were deferred, I can already see they have a better chance than me… idk if this helps but this is my info:
SAT: 2150
SAT II: math-790, chem- 750
gpa out of 4.0 unweighted: 3.7
recommendations are all strong
interview went really well (my interviewer emailed me afterwards saying he had a great time and that he wishes to keep in touch despite my admission results)
senior course load: 5 ap classes (chem, spanish, english, history, calc)
i have worked experience, I lived in Korea and Turkey for a year during high school, my extracurriculars were probs just any normal persons amount nothing special i dont think (flute in and out of school orchestras/bands, volunteer work, school play, I have my own club), and my essay was about living with my brother who is mentally handicapped but it was probs average level writing.
Do I honestly have any chance of getting accepted? (Its okay to be brutally honest!!!)
Also, if anybody could tell me anything about deferrals that they know that would be helpful! All I know is that the majority of people in the ED pool were deferred and 669 applicants out of 3030 were accepted this year.
A deferral is an outcome that only takes place in the context of early application plans, and it means that the college is not prepared to either accept or deny you at this juncture, so they defer making a decision on your candidacy until they can consider you in the larger pool of regular decision applicants. Most often there isn’t a specific reason why a student is deferred, it is simply that the admission offices at selective colleges have far too many strong applicants for the number of spaces they have to offer.
Assuming you remain interested in them, it is vital that you a) keep your grades up and continue to be involved in the things you love to do, and b) follow up with a strong letter of continued interest to their admission office. Especially with Early Decision II plans now offered at many colleges, admission officers are aware that a good number of deferred students will apply ED II someplace else. So you need to let them know—in a brief but positive and heartfelt letter—that you are still interested and, if it’s the case, that they remain your first choice institution.
The overall acceptance rate for RD will be about 6.6%.
“Miller said that while most of the early decision applicants accept their spot — besides three or four students each year who have to reject their acceptance for financial reasons — the University will offer over 2,000 spaces for regular decision applicants. The University expects 30,000 regular decision applicants, he added.”
Of course, each applicant’s chances depend on the strength of their application. Hard for anyone not affiliated with Admissions to be able to say much more.
The party line is that your chance of getting in after deferral is about the same as everyone else. Brown has never released statistics on what happens to deferred students.
There is a discussion about deferrals at this time every year in the Brown forum – if you went back in time you would find those threads.
All I know is that the majority of people in the ED pool were deferred and 669 applicants out of 3030 were accepted this year.