Deferred children click me... or not, whatever

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>hey everyone~
im a deferred legacy who applied early (yeah, I know, I had the upperhand and I still wasn’t up to par) and I got a letter stating that if Penn remained my top choice, I should write their ass back and tell them I wanna go, and what I’ve done in terms of accomplishments this year blah blah (to my regional director)
I was wondering if anyone else who had been deferred has written this letter, and what they said in response, and what approach you’ve taken- I wrote something that perhaps may be too personal and heartfelt- it’s hard to write to a college without sounding too whiny or pathetic. I didn’t want them to be sympathetic towards me, but I wrote a little bit about my home life (its scary) and how I’ve managed to succeed despite a lot of ****. (In a very dry way- nothing too specific or graphic or heartwrenching). </p>

<p>bahh any ideas or comments?</p>

<p>-alexis</p>

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<p>Write an essay some how inspired by a value sized jar of mustard.</p>

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<p>What I've realized about this board:
I cannot discern between sarcasm, jokes, rudeness, pride, etc
I simply wanted a damn answer to a question!
I don't get you pompous ****s at ALL</p>

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<p>that was from the uchicago application...</p>

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<p>Yeah truly the best essay ever, I'm kinda bummed I didn't get to write it cause I was going to write about how giant mustard made sense cause like mustard never goes bad and you can put it on everythign (i put it on my pizza at school cause its like tangy) and like so therefore we should have giant refirgerators to hold everything giant sizeda dn then bigger houses to hold the refirgerators etc.</p>

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<p>I was deferred too, but Im not a legacy. Do you think I should write a letter? I am still debating whether I should write a letter.... Thanks.</p>

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<p>I'm definitely writing a letter, because you don't want to make them think you lost interest. Say honest things, but don't get too personal. Everyone has a sob story, but I doubt they want to hear all of them.</p>

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<p>i didnt really include any details...whatsoever... i just wrote about my own personal strength, not my problems, but i mean i have great grades and whatnot even though last year 3 of my family members were killing themselves w/drugs, alcohol, depression problems blah blah (left that out, sure they dont want to hear that) and my guidence counselor always pushed me to have her write an extenuating circumstance section for my apps but i always told her not to...
its so disturbingly pathetic, but i almost wish she had</p>

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<p>it's not too late...maybe she still can.</p>

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<p>do you think deferred applicants have any slight preference in the RD round?</p>

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<p>I think the overall "pickup" rate for deferrals hovers around 11%- and I'm pretty sure a good amount of the 11% are made up of legacys who got deferred ED...
i think for deferred alumnis though, the deferall is just a nice way of not saying "**** you" to the family<br>
never know till april</p>