<p>Hi everyone. First of all- CONGRATS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ADMITTED ED!!! I admit that i am incredibly jealous of all of you, but I’m sure each and every one of you deserve it :)</p>
<p>As someone who’s been deferred, I was hoping I could receive some kind of guidance as to what would be the best course of action to take from here on out. Every school seems to have a different attitude towards deferred apps, and I’d love some clarification as to where Brown stands. It seems that, to an extent, it’s a matter of personal opinion/ personal experiences.</p>
<p>I know that I need to do REALLY well in school this second marking period (first marking period was not too good), but what else beyond that? I want to call, but I’m not sure how exactly to ask for advice- just be straight up about it? Is that okay? I feel like they’ll be bombarded with phone calls all asking the same question.
I also hope to write a letter, though to be honest, the chances are slim that I will be winning any kind of award or competition in the next two months.
I’m also thinking of possibly sending in extra recs. My two teacher recs are of questionable quality, and I fear that my counselor’s rec was also on the generic side.</p>
<p>I got deferred too. Do you think we get a chance to get in? I will write a letter to them since I think I haven’t express the whole me in the supp. Good luck to all of us and congrats to admit EDers.</p>
<p>also deferred :-(. a bit of clarity as to what should be in these letters and when they should be submitted would be helpful. thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think we still have some kind of chance-- people have definitely been deferred and then accepted in the past. At the same time though, so many people have gotten deferred, and I’m hearing some people say that the chances are very slim for those who get deferred, while other people say we actually have a marginally better chance at acceptance than other RDers (though i wouldn’t be too quick to believe that).
It definitely is by no means a flat out no. (or we would have been rejected!)</p>
<p>At the same time though, I feel like deferred encompasses a wide spectrum of people from almost-accepted to like eh-we’ll-see.</p>
<p>I wish I could ask exactly what I could possibly do to better my application but I know that’s definitely too forward and desperate-sounding :(</p>
<p>I found out yesterday that I was deferred from early decision at Brown University. I was relieved not to have been rejected, but now I want to work to convince Brown that this “maybe” should become a “yes”. Does anyone have any suggestions to improve my chances? I understand that most of the final decision is out of my hands, but any advice would be so greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I am an avid photographer and wrote one of my Brown essays on my experience as a photographer; should I send Brown a portfolio of some of my work? Or is that pushing it?</p>