<p>should i still keep my hopes up? i got deferred ed and as of yesterday, rejected by northwestern. does anyone know the general trend for deferred students? do most get rejected in the end?</p>
<p>Just don't think of colleges at all (at least try) I was deferred and waitlisted at my first choice and I realized that thinking about college made the decision feel worse. So find something enjoyable and do that instead of worrying about college. Anyway knowing your chances doesn't have any bearing on the decision so just wait. </p>
<p>FYI I have no data on deferral acceptances but try the admissions site, because many colleges have that information on their respective websites.</p>
<p>Nick has the right idea, but if you insist - the answer is, it depends. S was deferred ED to RD as well, so we are waiting to find out as well. JHU, Northwestern are both extremely competitive schools, and rejection from one does not mean anything for the other.</p>
<p>If you check the JHU admissions blog, you'll see some posts with stats on the number of applications; you'll have to do the math to see how many spaces are left after ED. Your guess is as good as anyone's who doesn't work in college admissions what they think their yield will be this year and the number of admits they need to send. All of which is somewhat pointless, as we'll all know in a few more days. This number-crunching $2 might get you coffee at Starbucks.</p>
<p>Last year about 11% of ED deferrals were accepted in the RD round. I can't remember where I saw that (I'll look around a bit more), but numbers are one thing I rarely forget.</p>
<p>I was deferred ED but admitted RD. If you stay true to your passion for wanting to go to hopkins, and update admissions regularly from the time you have submitted your ED app, that should help. But, as usual with admissions, no guarantees!</p>