<p>Like many of you, I was differed to Penn. What exactly are the odds of getting into Penn now? I sent in a letter, but, really, should I just expect a rejection come March 29, or is there some considerable hope. Does anyone know of a friend or fellow student who has been differed and then received acceptance in March? This is like purgatory.</p>
<p>Deffered...differed...its deferred. :D</p>
<p>I am in a similar situation, although I was deferred from Princeton, not Penn. I don't know the statistics, but you undoubtedly have a better chance now than if you had applied without ED. So its not all over yet.</p>
<p>purgatory is a state of mind that, imo, can be rid of with positive thinking. i guess ill help you out a lil' in that area by telling you that yes, i DO know of someone close to me that got deferred as a legacy from Penn as an ED applicant and was then accepted in the RD round. no its not a myth, they actually do take in deferred applicants. it might also make you feel better to know that the adcom does not look at deferred apps separately in the RD round, but they mix them into the all the RD apps, so your shot is just as good as the next persons. </p>
<p>you were deferred for a reason man, because you have something interesting enough about yourself to make them curious. i personally think being deferred is kind of a message questioning the validity behind your app (or something to that extent). i think if you sent a really good letter, and showed them you are truly academically capable by getting fantastic mid year grades, then you do have a good shot of being in that 10% of accepted deferees.</p>
<p>gluck man, hope this post cheered you up somewhat, or at least gave you some type of motivation :)</p>
<p>the meaning of deferral depends on the school, from what I heard. I got deferred to rice and I don't know what it means at Rice, but I heard pton practices "courtesy deferral" to most of its applicants who eventually ends up getting rejected in the regular round (no offense, impboy89). for penn, I think it depends first of all whether you applied to Wharton or some other school.</p>
<p>... but yes, it does feel like purgatory. i completely sympathize with you smith8789.</p>
<p>I had applied to Wharton, so I don't know if that makes it easier now or harder to be accepted after being deferred. Though being deferred from Wharton gives me some confidence with my apps to other business schools, like Stern, it sucks to not know. Other than writing to the Admissions committee, is there anything else I should do? Extra letters of recommendation, other essay, anything</p>
<p>well i applied to engineering. and actually, Penn defers 30%, accepts 30%, and rejects 40%, so being deferred really isn't necessarily a courtesy rejection, because yes, they do reject a large majority of the ED applicants. although i do agree that it will most likely be much harder to get into say, Wharton, than CAS or SEAS or nursing as a deferred applicant in the RD round. i guess it depends partially on luck and partially on the effort you put in between the ED and RD rounds (showing interest, keeping grades up etc...)</p>
<p>but yes, sadly only 10% of the deferred applicants are accepted RD, but there must be something special about them that made the get accepted no? i think the majority do give up hope on receiving a deferral, and a large portion also slack off grade wise senior year. i think that narrows down the options quite a bit when the adcom comes to reevaluate the deferred applicants. im just trying to think about this logically (and positively, obviously...)</p>
<p>im thinking that this year the defer rate might go up... penn apps went up like crazy, and if their matriculation rate is horrible it doesnt look good for the university... theyll want to, i think, admit more ED kids to aid the matriculation rate</p>
<p>hopefully thats not just wishful thinking...</p>
<p>I'm not sure about this... but I have heard that Penn do NOT mix the deffered with RD, again I'm not sure on this and I know mixing deffered and RD is common practice, can someone affirm or reject this?</p>
<p>if you look in another thread, WhartonAdvisor clearly states that all deferred ED and RD applicants are reviewed together in one pool.</p>
<p>lol crouton, hooray for taking wishful thinking to the extremes :)</p>
<p>i agree with you 100% !!</p>