<p>Are deferred letters at all personalized? Can you learn anything about how serious a candidate you based on the information in your letter?</p>
<p>My parents seem to think so, and I thought I would ask.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Your assumption is that there is some differing tiers of letters. Some given to the more likely deferrees and some given to the less-likely. Well it does exist. That second letter? It’s called a REJECTION letter.</p>
<p>Your parents are straw grasping. Why on earth would anyone go to this trouble of 1) generating 2 or more deferral letters and 2) send them out in some cryptic, eye-winking tacit scheme to tell you… what?</p>
<p>Look. People are deferred. And some will be accepted later and some won’t. What’s complex about this? What “message” needs to be sent to the deferree?</p>
<p>Just a question bud, chill out.</p>
<p>In my letter, the school said I could send any additional materials for my applications second, and my parents heard that not all letters include this offer. I was just a little curious…</p>
<p>It totally depends on the school. Smaller schools typically are more likely to personalize a letter. You should send in additional materials to all places you were deferred, whether or not it states that in the letter.</p>
<p>My daughter was deferred from Rhodes EA to RD. Her letter was personalized and explained the exact reason for her deferral. For her it was a lack of expressed interest in the school previously. She applied on my urging and actually hadn’t made any contact with the school before or after submitting her application, so we weren’t surprised and did expect it. They told her some things to do between now and RD but she’s actually opted to withdraw her application completely after getting into her #1 choice school. </p>
<p>So to answer your question, yes, our only experience with a deferral was a very personalized letter. Good luck!</p>
<p>sometimes they can be, but it seems in your case that it was not. every school will let deferred kids send in additional information between the deferral and regular admissions if new information is available. if it was personalized, it would say why you, specifically, are being deferred.</p>