<p>I was feeling bummed about being deferred and I'm assuming some others are as well, so here's a thread to bring our spirits up. Anyone know any upside to this? Well, I guess it is still better than being rejected.</p>
<p>What are you talking about? Getting deferred means that I am Stanford quality but I just need a little extra push to push me over the edge! I'm so excited about hopefully getting accepted come April 1st!</p>
<p>That is true, thanks for that light of optimism :)</p>
<p>Get yourself together and put your energy into your other applications. If Stanford happens, great, but you know the odds aren't good.</p>
<p>There are a lot of great schools out there.</p>
<p>haha me too, although people tell me deferred>reject, I still am very much bummed because according to stats about 155/1550 people will get in from deferred pile...and my stats are rather low for a defer-ee :(</p>
<p>peachiexice: If that's true, your chances stand at 10% instead of the 10.2% that it is for everyone else in the RD pool. Not a big change.</p>
<p>It never really made sense to me that only 10 percent of deferred applicants get accepted RD. They say that the early applicants are stronger generally than the regular, and if those deferred in the early pool are basically in the top 50 percent of the early applicants, then i dont understand how they only accept 10 percent of them in the RD. (I hope that made any sense at all... really badly worded) Also, shouldnt they have some initiative over the regular applicants since they expressed a greater desire to attend the school by initially applying early?</p>
<p>hey i got deferred from stanford scea as well; i know this means i've still got a shot but at least a rejection would've put me out of my misery.
i was wondering if anybody knew what percent of early applicants got referred and what percent got rejected. stanford admitted 750 out of the 4644 applicants, which is about 16%; however, they anticipate 22,000 applicants for RD.</p>
<p>also, other forums on deferrals indicate that applicants should update adcom routinely, but i received the update form from stanford, so my question is: do i just send this form out once, or send a few letters that in addition to it?</p>
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<p>It makes perfect sense. When colleges accept kids from the EA/ED pool, the "cream" is already taken out. The remaining kids when pushed into the RD pool may be as good or worse on an average than the rest of the RD pool. So, it is not necessary that %acceptances from "deferred to RD" pool be greater than %acceptances from the RD pool.</p>
<p>so, when should we send the update form?</p>
<p>It's because at many schools, deferral is just polite rejection. It isn't as if all the deferred candidates were borderline. There are many they have no intention of taking. Schools defer for many reasons rather than outright rejecting: their relationship with the high school/school counselor, not to insult a legacy or a person who wrote the candidate a rec, NYC could be wiped out before April, it's politically correct.....</p>
<p>stanford is one of the handful of honest schools out there. While many schools will send a "deferral" letter to candidates they know they're going to reject in the RD round, stanford will flat-out reject them SCEA. So if you're deferred you're still in the running and I'd make sure to keep stanford informed of any new awards or achievements. </p>
<p>It might also help to have a counselor at your school make an inquiry on your behalf to see if there is any part of your app that could be strengthened. I don't know if stanford will give them any useful info, but if you don't try you'll never know either ...</p>
<p>our school usually accepts 2-3 EA...not this year....3 rejected, and 1 deferred...so a deferral is okay....</p>
<p>I am wondering what is going on with Stanford...the kids they out right rejected were amazing....you would think at least one, with the record our school has...last year, we sent 8 in total</p>
<p>I wonder if there is a pattern to locations</p>
<p>citygirlsmom, did the 8 you mention last year refer to acceptances or kids who actually enrolled? Sometimes selective colleges "send 'em a message" if they think the counselors aren't steering enough top kids their way or helping kids decide to enroll once accepted.</p>
<p>deferred is NOT the same as rejected.</p>
<p>with a rejection, you KNOW there is no chance that you'll be able to go there next year.</p>
<p>deferred kids, hold your heads high and keep working at it. you've still got a chance -- don't give up, or your deferral might as well be a flat-out rejection.</p>
<p>what if the GPA doesn't get better but SAT score to update the form? Is still there a chance?</p>
<p>I don't know if we can update them continuously, since they sent us a form, I expect that they just want that once, however, I ofcourse do not know for sure.</p>