<p>Do people that are deferred REALLY get accepted in regular decision process? I have never heard of anyone being deferred - actually getting in. </p>
<p>Just wondering if I should throw in the towel - or have hope that I may get accepted in regular decision process.</p>
<p>Yes, they do get in. And usually at higher rates than people who apply RD. This makes sense if you think about it. They have read your application. They were not sure, but they still think you are in the ballpark. </p>
<p>Talk to the adcoms. See if there is anything else they would like to know about you, or anything else you can send them. I hope your mid year grades are as good or better than you junior year grades. If you win any awards, or do anything great, make sure you let them know. Good luck.</p>
<p>depends on the school.</p>
<p>what she said^^^</p>
<p>Don’t be disheartened. You still have a shot at whatever school you were deferred from, and to be honest, that is much better than having been rejected. So cheer up :)</p>
<p>yes, depends on the school. Some schools, for example Tulane, defer 100% of the applicants not accepted. They don’t deny (I prefer that word to reject) anyone out of EA… this has been the rumor at least and I verified to the extend I could by looking at the admissions data on collegedata.com, in the admissions tracker section for Tulane.</p>
<p>What I don’t know is the % of deferred who eventually are admitted in RD. Again, this will vary widely by school. EAch school has its own philosophy.</p>
<p>Another example I can recall is that Stanford will deny EA, but Yale will not deny, but only defer. Therefore a deferral at Stanford out of SCEA means something entirely different than a deferral at Yale.</p>