<p>I was deferred from the Wharton ED. Though I'm thankful for not getting rejected, it sucks that I won't know till April. I'm an international and the first person applying to US from my city, thus don't know much about admission process. So CC is pretty much the only thing I have. I'd like to ask for your help in re-thinking my list. </p>
<p>Does being deferred from Wharton mean that I am a competitive applicant for other slightly less selective but still competitive schools ? The schools I'm applying to right now are HYPS, cornell,Columbia, Duke, Stern, Umich, Uva, UCB, UCLA. I am re-taking the SAT reasoning and subject tests. Is getting deferred from Wharton any indicator of my chances at the these schools? Any input will be highly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I have a friend in Stanford who was rejected from multiple schools such as Dartmouth and so on. I was accepted to Penn, but was rejected to schools far less selective. I would say that you should not let this hurt your confidence any. Stay confident and apply to the other colleges of your dream. Just because one college rejected you doesn’t mean another will do the same (same case for accepted). Plus, you weren’t even rejected, you were deferred. </p>
<p>In short, stop worrying and start applying. I’ll let someone with more experience help with your list, but, don’t start giving up on your dreams just because of this one college decision.</p>
<p>I think the first thing to remember is that the college admission process is very unpredictable. There is no way of saying a person is ‘guaranteed’ admission.
The fact Penn deferred you means that they must see something in your app that is attractive and therefore makes you a competitive candidate in RD. You have to remember that the people who ED Penn don’t do so lightly and have amazing stats- look at the discussion page and results page if you don’t believe me. It’s the little details that will separate the ‘Accepted’ and the ‘Deferred’. I think you definitely have a chance at the other schools. That isn’t to say you’ll be accepted in all of them…but I think stats competitive enough for a deferral in Wharton must be pretty solid- just make sure your supp essays are amazing I guess?</p>
<p>Piggybacking onto this, what are the options for a deferred ED applicant to pursue? Is there any way to better our Penn applications before the RD round? I know a good midyear report will help, and I may send an additional rec letter, but is it unheard of to write to my regional admissions rep and reconfirm my interest in Penn?</p>
<p>Admissions are crazy and anything can happen. A girl from my school with terrible stats ( I don’t think she even broke 30 on the act, and she didn’t send the sat. Her ECs weren’t that good and she was accepted to Wharton (i don’t think she had a hook either). But then, a very competitive applicant got rejected (not even deferred) from Cornell. And I, an even more competitive applicant got rejected (not even deferred) from Columbia. </p>
<p>So don’t worry about your deferral. It doesn’t mean that you’re a bad applicant, and I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere really good, even if its not Penn.</p>
<p>My daughter was deferred early decision a few years ago. She was devastated but decided to take the SAT test one more time. She had a good score the first time around but really upped it the second time. She also kept in touch with her regional admissions director, stressing that Penn continued to be her first choice. She was accepted and spent four amazing years at Penn. She graduated in May. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you, and don’t give up on Penn!</p>
<p>Hurrican317, thank you so much. This gives me a lot of hope. Even I am re-taking the SAT and have been involved in new interesting ECAs since. I’ve tried calling my regional adcom but my call is never picked up. I’m trying to communicate via email now. </p>
<p>My other question is, does a deferral from Wharton mean I’m competitive enough for slightly less selective schools? Is the deferred pool also selective or many are deferred?</p>
<p>While it may not seem like it now, getting deferred is definitely not the end of the world. Many people I have known or known of over the years who got deferred or rejected from Penn ED went on to get into other great schools in the RD round including Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown. Some people were also accepted to Penn after being deferred (and were also accepted to other great places too).</p>
Last year, 1,028 out of 4,818 ED applicants–or about 21%–were deferred. And 112–or about 11%–of those deferred ED applicants were accepted during the RD round:</p>
<p>I have 2 children in last 2 years(back to back) who were deferred and then accepted, there is always a chance as long as you are still in the mix</p>
<p>I mean, there is a bigger chance you will get rejected in the spring than the chance you will be accepted, but it still does happen and you most definitely have a chance at other Ivys. The kid I know at Cornell now actually was flat out rejected from Penn ED, and someone I know of who ended up at Dartmouth was as well. It really is a crap shoot, especially with the increasing number of applications ED.
I noticed you are an international student. Did you apply for aid? A girl I know in my year who was international and applied for aid was also deferred initially. I think this is since the financial aid for international students is more scarce than for domestic students, they might be more wary of accepting them ED. If this is your situation, you actually may have a slightly better chance to be admitted in the spring after they have seen the entire applicant pool.</p>
<p>keep that chin up. and reiterating what everyone else in this thread has said: minor details separate you as an applicant from other applicants in the pool. You will get into great schools. Definitely talk to your regional admissions officer if you have the chance, and any improvement in test scores could help if you felt those were weak points in your app. I got in ED to Wharton, but some of my closest friends who applied, with just as strong applications if not stronger, were deferred or rejected.</p>
bump</p>