<p>A million questions, please help! Deferred from Human Ecology.</p>
<p>How easy is it to get in after being deferred? Do the admissions committees take note of the fact that you applied ED when evaluating your application? Or are you automatically lumped in with the other RD applicants without any context? </p>
<p>Do people get in after being deferred? Does it happen frequently? Do more people get rejected than deferred? Do people get rejected at all?</p>
<p>Anything else you can tell me? Please, I want as much information about deferral as possible!! Even if it doesn't necessarily answer one of my questions.</p>
<p>You can ask the admissions office at Cornell specifically what the % of deferred students are that get accepted. That is the best indicator for what your chances are. Though it seems to me the chances are about 10% on average, an average means nothing for any specific situation. Some schools defer or accept, and there are many, many deferrals. Getting accepted RD is then usually more difficult than at schools where there are a lot of rejections and small group of deferrals. In that case, your chances are about what the RD students’ are. You have the advantage of being able to ask your GC to talk to your regional admissions officer what needs work on your package, and you can spiff it up. Also send a sincere letter reiterating your continued interest in the school… This is a second chance you are getting.</p>
<p>It’s also a wake up call that you should have some schools that are not so selective on your list and that your safety, something all students should have, becomes all fired important.</p>
<p>It’s also worth mentioning that some schools will defer legacy candidates instead of straight out rejecting them in order to avoid pissing off donors.</p>
<p>I have no data to back it up, but I’ve heard in general deferred applicatants have a little better chance than the regular decision applicants. That makes sense, when you think about it. Good luck and fall in love with some other schools too. No one knows if you’ll get in or not. If I were you, I’d move on mentally, and if you get accepted in March, great. If not you’ll be happy elsewhere. Best of luck!</p>