<p>So, I got deferred. How common is this, as opposed to denial, and what does it mean in terms of my regular decision chance?</p>
<p>This is just anecdotal, but of the 5 people I know who applied to ED to WashU last year, 1 was accepted, 2 were rejected and 2 were deferred. One of the deferred was accepted RD, and the second was accepted into the January Program, which means that she started in the spring semester, but will graduate on time with the rest of the class of 2015. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Deferred is much more common than rejection. If the admissions commitee think you stand a chance with RD, or if they think you might be able to improve upon your application they’ll defer you. Your chances depend on your stats still. There’s only a certain number of people admissions will take from ED…even if they could fill an entire school from ED candidates (and I’m sure they could), they tend to limit to the same size each year. You could thus range anywhere from being accepted had there been another 50 or so spots in which case you stand decent chances, or you could have just been not rejected, meaning a smaller chance. </p>
<p>My best opinion based on my own conjecture (I will say that most of what I post is based on knowledge but here I really am just guessing) is that the average deferred case is slightly less likely to be accepted RD than the average RD case. (Where by average case I mean people that stand a chance i.e. have stats in the needed ranges).</p>
<p>It’s late and I’ve been studying all day so I might be unclear, but I hope you get the drift.</p>
<p>Bottom line…it doesn’t hurt to send in additional material to strengthen your application (i.e. semester grades).</p>