<p>is it true that your guidance counselor can call and find out why you were deferred?</p>
<p>yup. they may not tell you tho.</p>
<p>Assuming your guidance counselor did find out and did tell you, would it seem superficial to try and rectify whatever it was that got you deferred in the first place? Not in an obvious way, but for example by entering/winning some kind of competition in your area of interest if that was what was lacking in your ED application?</p>
<p>My D's counselor is calling in Jan. She will also be sending a whole new package on my D - update on her grades, ECs, additional recommendation, etc. She will provide additional info that adcom felt was missing in my D's original app. Of course, my D will write a letter to let them know how much she would still like to go to CC.</p>
<p>For many people who are deferred/rejected, there often isn't a specific REASON why. It's a subjective and holistic process and it's not really possible for the adcoms to say you were rejected because you didn't do enough __<strong><em>, because your _</em></strong>_ was too low, etc. The reason could be that they didn't think you showed enough of a passion for learning, or that there were simply better kids from your school. That's stuff you can't change.</p>
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<p>This is an overly simplistic -- and in my opinion, unrealistic -- view of things. It's not that easy. The adcom isn't going to say "send us A, B, C and D and her app will be in great shape for the RD round."</p>
<p>I encourage your daughter to do the usual things (reiterate her interest in CU, send in more info that makes her look better), but I wouldn't let her get her hopes up that there's some recipe that she'll get from the adcoms.</p>
<p>My mom is a prof at a U and she has a friend who is an alum, would it be favorable for him to write me a letter? and should i write a letter reiterating how much i want to go, and if admitted, i would attend? also, i was hopping they would have received my new test score by the time they made their decision, but im fairly sure they didnt. they have now, and it was up a few points.. could that help?</p>
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<p>no, they dont care what your mother's sister's husband's first cousin's friend has to say about you cause it will have absolutely no substance. Unless he just donated an amount that has at least 5 0's in it they dont care.</p>
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<p>Shraf is exactly right. See his post.</p>
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<p>Yeah but back it up with substance. They already know CU is your first choice because you applied ED.</p>
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<p>They most likely got your scores. And Columbia isn't really concerned with numbers so a couple points won't matter.</p>
<p>I disagree that CU should assume that CU is still your first choice just because you applied ED. I think a lot of those deferred students may find other colleges to be more suitable between now to April.</p>
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<p>Most are remain anxious to jump at the chance to attend CU, but resolve themselves to the fact that there's a 7-8% chance that they're getting into CU and come up with a more realistic option.</p>
<p>My point is that you can't just send a "Columbia is my first choice" letter without any substance; it's meaningless and nothing really stops any kid from sending that same letter to 5 schools. You need to back it up.</p>
<p>Slightly off-topic question/observation:</p>
<p>It seems like a lot of other ivies (specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton) deferred more applicants than they rejected in the early round. Going by last year's statistics, Columbia doesn't seem to be following this trend. Does anyone have the specific numbers this year? Did Columbia reject more than they deferred? I know this doesn't have any real bearing on anything, I'm just kind of curious.</p>
<p>My recollection is that Columbia is more judgmental in the ED round, on the thinking that it sucks to string people along.</p>
<p>Yes, Columbia does reject way more people than they defer. Columbia's philosophy is that they'll only defer people they think have a fair shot of making it in the RD poll. They don't defer people just to be polite.</p>