<p>ok, i know some of you have said its around 14% for deferred students to be admitted.. does anyone have official document to back this up? </p>
<p>I am raising this question because Harvard, a EA school, only admit deferrals at a 5% admission rate.. and ED is supposed to give applicants a higher boost than EA.. so it doesn't really make sense why princeton's ED Deferrla admission rate is 14%... i just want to confirm.. </p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>"What happens to the applications of those who apply Early Decision and are not offered admission?</p>
<p>Most applicants who are not offered admission in mid-December will have their applications carefully reviewed again during the Regular Decision phase of our process. We may refuse admission to a small number of applicants whom we feel we are unlikely to admit later in the process. Early Decision candidates whose applications are deferred to the Regular Decision phase should not assume that there are shortcomings in their academic or personal promise for Princeton. Typically, a good number of those students are ultimately offered admission."</p>
<p>From this link:
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/brief/5QandA.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/pr/admissions/u/brief/5QandA.htm</a></p>
<p>"Typically, a good number of those students are ultimately offered admission."</p>
<p>That part in the article will be of more interest to you.</p>
<p>No guarantee, but hope that makes you feel better. Good luck!</p>
<p>The thing with Harvard is that it defers almost EVERYBODY and hardly rejects ANYBODY EA, so that would explain its low (relative to Princeton) rate of acceptance for deferred applicants...</p>
<p>How to look at EA/ED deferreds?</p>
<p>You ask a good question, Princetonwannabe, and the answer can differ from school to school.</p>
<p>How are they accounted for?</p>
<p>You can look at this group in two ways, obviously. The colleges generally account for them as "RD" people - since they were "deferred" to the RD pool and not granted the benefits of early admission.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there is some evidence that they are given an "edge" at some addresses, on the theory that they have already shown a "demonstrated interest", and are statistically more likely to accept if offered a place in the class.</p>
<p>Ideally, we would have all admissions stats for the "EA/ED deferreds" broken out, so we can judge for ourselves if it is an advantage to be in that sub-group. (Generally, this is a very hard stat to pin down.)</p>
<p>If these deferreds ARE given an edge from the RD pool, then arguably we have yet another indication that it is advantageous to apply early.</p>
<p>I just noticed that you were not the OP, inhaven, and have edited my previous post accordingly,</p>