<p>Ohhh, I love Columbia so much. Anyway, I got my letter of deferral on Thursday, and I wanted to hear from some other students who were greeted by the same bittersweet message.
Deferral gives us hope, of course, because it's not a rejection, which seems a miracle in this "Columbia Massacre of 2004"-- we made the first cut, my friends. Still, there are probably many out there who, like me, sat paralyzed for a moment in front of their computer screens before opening the message, heart in their throat, scanning the page for "Congratulations!" only to be shocked by the "we have decided to defer your admissions decision..." Well, such is life, and now I and many others must rush to finish our other applications on time.
Anyway, I want to hear from some other deferrees, and hear some stats and whatnot. I'm feeling very alone in my deferment... all my friends got into Princeton, Cornell, all their favorite schools.</p>
<p>Ahh...im sorry sarahjane but most of the defered people have abandoned the Columbia board...</p>
<p>But I just want to give you my condolences and wish you best of luck in your future college endeavors...Columbia or not.</p>
<p>i was deferred. i am taking solace in silverwavez' post "to rejectees" she cites that she talked to the admit person who says that deferees were very close to admission, so, maybe with a weakish applicant pool, a good portion of us will be accepted. also, she says that a smaller % of the class was filled in the early round this year vs earlier years, so there's still a lot more space for us!
my stats were like this: very high SATs and stuff, lowish GPA, great recs (i read them), average ECs, bad essay (which i'm going to supplement with one that i love). i wouldnt be very surprized if 15-20% of deferees got accepted in RD. all of my friends got deferred too, so im feeling okay, its those posts like "where dya wanna live, acceptees?" that upset me.</p>
<p>with deferral, my image of Columbia just died...Now, it's only one of my top choices, not my dream school..yeah, I made Columbia into an "ideal" place and i was blind from its negative sides....now, i can consider a lot more schools..</p>
<p>I feel the same was as jskim. I don't know what my top choice is anymore. I think they did make a mistake in letting me slip by, so I'm not sure if I will go there if I do get in. we'll see. In the mean time, have to finish those apps and try not to fail finals.
Oh but yeah, most deferrees and rejectees are gone- totally disillusioned, so don' expect too many more responses.</p>
<p>the mood of this board is just depressing...we need to let some light in!!!!</p>
<p>i wasnt deferred..because i didnt apply hehe..but hey im applying now so i guess we're going through the same thing..eyy GOOD LUCK:)!</p>
<p>Everything happens for a reason and I realized this after reflecting on the letter. I am no longer saddened because I feel that I got deferred for a reason and maybe it is for the better that I didn't get in to Columbia yet.</p>
<p>I actually wasn't shocked to get deferred, i believe my first thought was, "Wow, at least not a rejection" but when I got on to CC and saw all the happy people it really hit me...darn...but now i'm so motivated to make my other apps perfect and all that. For a couple of hours I was actually grinning, thinking, Hey, this might be the best thing to have happened to me. Well, I no longer feel the same, but whatever. And yea, Columbia isn't looking so perfect anymore</p>