<p>What did you guys write in your follow up? How long is yours? I wrote one that is a page long about all the reasons I love Cornell and it's very personal but everyone is telling me that that's too long.</p>
<p>Well, I was deferred from yale, but a deferral is a deferral. Mine was also a page long...it was a twist on the whole "Update us with any new achievements, honors.." thing. I expressed my continuing desire to attend point blank about twice, and spent the rest of the letter detailing what I learned from visiting Yale (after I sent in my app) and how that made me reconsider everything I put on my application. I tried to explain that I was sending the letter because I wanted Yale to see my flaws, just like I was able to see its flaws when I finally made the trip up to New Haven. At the end, I was basically like "I'm not perfect, but neither is Yale, but we both excel at what we do best and try hard at what we aren't the best at" in hopes that they will look past my crappy math grades. I integrated the whole thing with the new experiences and achievements that have taken place in the past few months, like they asked. </p>
<p>All in all, I think it was necessary. I couldn't really see any reason to send them a paragraph long list of stupid achievements (it's not like I've won Intel or anything since November), and I couldn't see myself getting in if nothing changed between then and the RD round. So I sent the letter. Will it help? Who knows. Did it make me feel better and more proactive? Definite yes. </p>
<p>Hope this sort of helped...</p>
<p>I did the whole update thing and then spent a page or so adding some very straight from the heart info related to my major that wasnt expressed the best in my essay.</p>
<p>I briefly updated and affirmed that i had my highest avg. senior year and blah, blah... then i talked about my major and how much it meant to me. Just write from the heart, they need to see a person, not a machine</p>
<p>is it too late to send the follow up letter? should it be from my counselor as well? I'm really worried about what I should write. I wrote from my heart but I don't know if it's too late??</p>
<p>I wrote one to the general admission committee and one to the international admission director at Cornell. Both were about 2 pages (double-spaced though). The one to the general admission committee was impersonal outlining, in point form, recent accomplishments. The one to the international admission director was highly personal, in formal letter format.</p>
<p>Oh, okay does that mean it's not too late for me to send them in this week?</p>
<p>Well I sent both of mine on January 18th. I have no idea though. I would give it a try.</p>
<p>ok thanks! do you think sending it through email and then again through mail would be a good idea?</p>
<p>You may send it through email and they will link it to your application. I recommend you to do this if you're applying for contract colleges; they have already begun application reviewing process.</p>
<p>If you're not in a hurry, you should mail to show your sincerity.</p>
<p>alright thanks, fb lalaland. I really appreciate your help! I've been working really hard to let them know I'm still highly interested. but im still unsure as to what is enough...</p>
<p>one page is fine, but I disagree about e-mail since they are too easily lost or caught by spam filters. Since time is of the essence, overnight to the App processing center by USPS; it's only ~$16.00</p>
<p>I wrote to my local admissions officer, expressing my continued interest in the school, mentioning that it was still my top choice regardless of the deferral, and updating them on some achievements that had occurred since sending in my application. I didn't do anything extravagant or long, but enough to let them know that I really care without seeming like a "suck-up".</p>
<p>FB lalaland, for contract colleges like CALS, deferred applicants will be the ones to be reviewed last. am i right?</p>
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<p>Email is fine. However, please be sure not to attach anything. All attachment will be deleted automatically by the system.</p>
<p>I emailed admission officers and they have linked my updates with my application. Just include your updates in the email and not in the attachment.</p>
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<p>To be honest, I think they mix all of the applications up. I don't think they leave deferred applications until the last ones to be reviewed. Deferred applicants usually have slightly higher acceptance rates than regular applicants, as seen in MIT, Penn, Stanford applicant pools. It doesn't make sense to leave deferrals until last in the admission process. They mix all the applications up while paying attention to the fact that you applied early.</p>
<p>but deferred applicants are notified in the last period of notification (around march 31), they will not be notified in any of the earlier rounds.</p>
<p>I thought part of the reason for us getting deferred is that they want to see the strength of the applicant pool before they evaluate us and FB lalaland I heard that deferred applicants only have about a 10% chance of being accepted. I also have an interview coming up soon so wouldn't they wait until they receive something from my interviewer?</p>
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<p>That is not true. Cornell never released the percentage of deferrals getting accepted.</p>
<p>If you look at all other schools, deferrals normally have slightly higher acceptance rate. Stanford's deferrals have about 10% acceptance rate, which is about 1% higher acceptance rate than regulars; Wharton has about 1% higher acceptance rate than regulars; MIT's deferrals have about 3% higher acceptance rate than regulars.</p>
<p>We can only do so much and hope for the best. I'm just expecting Guaranteed Transfer and hoping to get excellent grades at Cal or at UBC and transfer in the second year. I mean when I first applied for CALS I knew it was gonna be hard for an international to get in. I was (and still am) extremely proud of my deferral.</p>
<p>Actually I heard that deferees are re-reviewed last, after all the RD people...so you techincally don't need to rush...or at least don't waste money UPSing it.</p>