<p>I'm not gonna lie: my initial reaction when I saw the envelope was, "I might as well bury myself now." After opening it, I basically thought, "Oh ****."</p>
<p>Je ne sais pas ce que je peux faire pour convaincre Caltech! Those of us who got deferred obviously have another opportunity to be re-evaluated, right? What are you guys planning on sending Caltech to improve your applications? Can we send more than one thing (ie. letter to admissions office, letter of recommendation, and a creative work such as a documentary)? </p>
<p>Honestly, I'm pretty scared. The regular decision pool feels like it is going to be a pit of sharks. Admission to Caltech is, by far, my most hopeful ambition, and I'm sure I'm willing to do nearly anything to convince the admissions officers that I'm right for their school (and vice versa!) :( How do other deferred applicants feel?</p>
<p>that's exactly how i felt when i got the letter. Right now i'm just so depressed, i don't even want to go to school!
I don't know what I'm going to send, since i already turned in my additional recommendation from my research mentor and my research paper during early round. oh god.......</p>
<p>rlaqhdus, your stats are definitely more impressive than mine...haha. The reason I fear the regular decision pool is because of people with impressive stats :P Don't worry. We might as well keep submitting anything that comes up ;) </p>
<p>I know, I don't exactly feel like attending school either -- but I'm posting this from my school library, so...
Actually, that's okay. I still have things to look forward to at school (besides that art history test on Gothic architecture w.t.f). Hm, hopefully, my mid-year won't suck...</p>
<p>Haven't gotten letter yet, but if deferred I'll update them on my research, send in an indendnet research paper, maybe another recommendation from my prof, notify them of selection to be on my schools academic team, and I think that's it. :(</p>
<p>Honestly, if I get deferred I'll be excited. I'm just praying to not be rejected because the paper would probably be the strongnest part of my application, and I dindt get to submit it because I was working on it until the beginning of december. If I get accepted, I'll probably pass out. If I get rejected, I don't even want to think about it.</p>
<p>I know it probably won't help, but it's not <em>that</em> big of a deal to be deferred from early application, and plenty of people get in on the regular list who didn't get in early.</p>
<p>I was one of those ;-)</p>
<p>Just send in anything else you think you should. If Caltech is really, truly where you want to end up, I'm sure you'll be creative.</p>
<p>I just got my deferral today and holy crap am i scrambling for ideas to put on here. It says i've got until feb 1st to update... think that 6 weeks might be enough time to do some independent research? This is by far my first choice of colleges and I can't stop thinking about how much i want to be here and belong here.</p>
<p>it's tough, but still possible to do research during 6weeks...
I might continue my research that i did over the summer...gah have too much things to do</p>
<p>I have a study in works...It will hopefully evolve into a research project by Feb., but I plan on submitting my materials earlier. I will finish my study by mid-January, I think. I don't think my mentor will be able to write me an "official" letter because he's off in Maryland and contacting him has become difficult...Maybe I can milk a personalized and informal letter out of him or something...To be pitifully honest, I am most worried about my mid-year report. </p>
<p>I want to bake cookies and personally deliver them to the admissions office. Think that'll get me any points?</p>