<p>Any advice for individuals deferred from Early Decision? I know 1st semester grades need to be as high as possible...</p>
<p>How many from the deferred pool are typically accepted in regular decision?</p>
<p>Wondering same thing…my child was also deferred. </p>
<p>Also, how many deferrals were there? Some of the other schools we visited said they give a clear “yes” or “no” to ED applicants so that the student can get on with their search. I believe the odds of getting admitted to W&M from a deferral are very low. </p>
<p>With the high number of ED aps, I think the same can be expected for regular; thus, even more competition.</p>
<p>I think it said on W&M’s website that they accepted around 10% of those deferred from ED to RD last year… this might have been on their Admit It! blog, I’m not really sure.</p>
<p>I believe the 10% figure (or a touch less) was confirmed as accurate last year, so I wouldn’t expect any dramatic changes to that figure. And, this is just me, but I’d have to think this implies that without improving your application in some way, your chances are pretty daunting. </p>
<p>As for advice, I believe you can contact the Admissions Office, who might be able to share some general views and advice, but given the way admissions decisions are arrived at, there may not be a “smoking gun” - that is, one clear reason that you went into the “deferred” pool.</p>
<p>I’d suggest you objectively re-evaluate your application against what the statistics of those who were admitted, and objectively try to determine if there was something that may have pulled you down, relative to the admitted students. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, at this point, there are probably only a very few things that might tip the scales, but if you’ve achieved a significant change in SAT scores, class rank, received an award, or took up a leadership position, anything that’s changed since you submitted your application, or perhaps there are some things you simply forgot to report which you think may make an impact, by all means, report them to the Admissions office.</p>
<p>There remain SAT test dates, if you think that’s a weakness, and if you can improve your scores since your last sitting, or you might try the ACT - but before doing that, I’d check with Admissions first, to be sure they’ll accept them.</p>
<p>Anyway, best of luck!</p>
<p>And</p>
<p>DCFLAN,
Historically the applicant size of WM’s ED pool has not predicted the size of the RD pool.</p>
<p>We recommend that deferred applicants supply our office with any new academic information (first-semester grades and any new SAT/ACT scores) as soon as they are available. Additionally, students can send us a short statement of continued interest in January. </p>
<p>The previous posts are farely accurate. Unfortunately it’s a small percentage of defers who are eventually admitted. The reason for that is that the competition only gets stiffer as more and more applicants apply during Regular Decision. Generally about 30-35% of our ED applicants are deferred.</p>
<p>Those students who are deferred to have many competitive qualities which is why they have not been denied (some of our ED applicants are denied). A defer decision (much like a waitlist decision in Regular Decision) is a reflection not of any shortcoming on the applicant’s part but of a reflection of the strength of our applicant pool. </p>
<p>Hope this is helpful.</p>
<p>This advice is from a parent of a student deferred two years ago. S2 was so disappointed at the time but we knew he had to move on. He scheduled several visits in December at other schools he had not previously considered and was pleasantly surprised. He also revisited his application and testing. By the time January 1st came he had been to 5 other campuses, retested and updated his application. He was still hopeful for W&M but knew there were other schools out there that fit him. By late March he had been accepted to UVa, Wake Forest, BC, Villanova and several others. His W&M final decision was wait listed. Just know that this decision does not mean you won’t get into other great schools. The saying that everyone ends up where they are suppose to be is very true. S2 loves his classes, volunteers every week, is very involved in many activities and knows this was the right place for him. I truly understand and may you find hope in this post for yourself or your son or daughter at this time.</p>