Deferred: Would You?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I, like many of you, was deferred in this round of Yale decisions. As far as I am aware, no one has discussed the possibility reconsidering Yale after being accepted regular decision. </p>

<p>I, also like many of you, have been very focused on going to Yale for a while. After visiting campus, talking to students, etc., I was pretty certain that it was the right place for me. </p>

<p>While I understood that the odds were against me on Monday night, I was still devastated by the decision to defer. Having read a lot of the posts that have been published over the past week, I know it isn't the end of the world or the worst thing that could happen. Nevertheless, having your dream die a little bit certainly hurts anyone. </p>

<p>In light of those facts, I am wondering how I would feel if I were to receive an acceptance letter or dancing bulldog online come April. Although I would not describe myself as bitter by any means, I am disappointed that things didn't work out as I had originally hoped. </p>

<p>Perhaps no one else has had this experience, but I know going to a party, movie, or other social event of your choice after you were originally not invited is usually awkward. In such a scenario, you usually (if you do go) have a terrible night because you know the others didn't really want you there. </p>

<p>I think you could look at a deferral from Yale in two ways (at least): 1. You are not really good enough to be in the class of 2013 in the eyes of the admissions officers, but they will keep you around just in case the regular applicants don't meet the high demands. 2. Given the highly competitive (and overwhelmingly large) pool of applicants, your decision was merely too close to call. It isn't that Yale doesn't want you; you are a perfectly good applicant who will compete with everyone but the select few with astoundingly good applications. </p>

<p>At this point, I think I fall under the second category. I am interested in seeing if my view changes over the coming months, or even in response to the other decisions by competitive schools. </p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>well i for one am also very bitter and completely agree with you on how it feels to be deferred. most of the bitterness comes from the fact that the stress of my college process could have been avoided, & money and time could have been saved. In other words, it coudve been "over" right now...Furthermore, there is even less a chance I (or anyone for that matter) will be accepted come round 2 of the application process (unless i manage to do something really amazing between now and april) due to all the RD applicants combined with the deferred applicants.</p>

<p>all that having been said, if they,by some divine intervention, choose to accept me...I would most undoubtedly go without a moments hesitation. The only reason I would stop and consider it is if iI were somehow accepted into Harvard; otherwise I would swallow my pride and accept their late acception ...after all, its Yale for crying out loud.</p>

<p>Better late then never.</p>

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<p>It's not like there's a special place where the SCEA kids hang out and the deferred kids aren't allowed or anything like that...if Yale picks you out of 25,000+ qualified applicants, they obviously think you're special and want you, no matter when they do it. Everything that made you want to go to Yale is still there.</p>

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<p>^ I agree. I got deferred, and yes I was upset with that. But if I get accepted come April, I'll have to heavily consider Yale (unless Princeton or Harvard or MIT accept me; then I'll have to make a decision between the schools).</p>

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<p>We have to remember that a deferral isn't as much of a "soft rejection" anymore. Their rejection rate more than doubled: from rejecting 16% early last year to 38% this year. </p>

<p>A deferral means they still like you, and they just want to check some other people out. Of course I would have loved to have gotten in early, but getting in deferred is still something to be proud of. Yale is not a school that has "backups" and "fallbacks" for the Class of 2013. They've got an insane number of qualified applicants to choose from, and getting a slightly postponed acceptance is something I'd still be proud to receive!</p>

<p>In other words, no matter how I got in (even deferred and then waitlisted and then accepted...) I would still love to go!</p>

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<p>I'm waiting for Princeton to pick my heart up. Maybe there's a school who will value me for the individual I am. See, I understand that you're saying maybe you didn't stand out form a sea of applicants, but you know what? That says something in itself. Yale doesn't think you stand out. </p>

<p>Yes, I'm bitter, I'll admit it outright. If they want to reconsider me, I will have to reconsider them. </p>

<p>Any one else see a parallel here?</p>

<p>"No matter how I got rich (even if I killed people and scammed thousands and then got rich...) I would still love to get rich!</p>

<p>Yeah uh... but don't you want to value the path at least? The ends don't justify the means.</p>

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<p>It's not that Yale doesn't think you stand out. There are way over 1500 or so people that stand out in their sea of applicants. But they can only choose those 1500 or so.</p>

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<p>After reading the results thread with some care, it appears to me that people are deferred when they are highly qualified, but when there are likely to be a substantial number of RD applicants who are similar. In other words, if, for example, you are a high-stats non-URM non-legacy applicant from the Northeast with very good ECs but no super national achievement, Yale is going to consider you in the RD round along with other people who fit that general profile. It will admit quite a few of these people, possibly including you. It's not that you aren't good enough--if you weren't good enough, you would have been rejected. Heck, even the vast majority of rejected applicants are good enough to succeed at Yale--they are just rejected because Yale can project that it will get more applicants with higher stats in RD.</p>

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<p>Guys, peace out, I'm going to stalk to other forums. ;)</p>

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<p>haha ok ciao!</p>

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<p>Aww, OneKing! D:</p>

<p>And if Yale accepted me RD after deferring me like they did, I would definitely still go. I'm not *that/I] proud ;)</p>

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<p>Well, I guess I might too. It depends on RD now.</p>

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<p>Haha yeah, I'm looking into sending supplemental materials. I'm actually focusing on that more than finish other college essays, which is a really bad move on my part I know, but I can't help it. I'll work on those essays over vacation :)</p>

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<p>Honestly, after a few weeks go by I think everybody will realize that it would be CRAZY to be bitter about being deferred if they accept you RD. Many kids every year would give their left leg to get off waitlists etc at Yale (and attend if they are let off the waitlist) -- just hypothetically because they waited until everybody else accepted you means you would hold a grudge?!?!</p>

<p>Once you arrive in the fall nobody will know whether you got in because you got in SCEA, RD, off the waitlist, or camped out on the admissions office lawn.</p>

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<p>Does anyone else feel like maybe being deferred was a sign? I was also accepted to U of M very early, and I know its not Yale, but come on, it's pretty impressive (not to mention much closer to home). The whole reason that I applied early was so that either I would get accepted and have tons of time to decide or get rejected and know that I'm going to U of M. I can't help but think that maybe being deferred was meant to show me something. Now, don't get me wrong, Yale is my dream, but I just feel like I got deferred for a resason, although I'm not sure what that reason is for sure.</p>

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<p>Dude, Yale didn't not want you. They just were nice enough to let Harvard and Princeton send you their sales pitches in April too :).</p>