<p>So lets say you dont make ED.. can you re-apply to that school or are you pretty much screwed?</p>
<p>you can't reapply that year. You may be able to apply the next year, but as far as applying again this year, you are screwed if rejected.</p>
<p>Ouch.. that would really blow =-/</p>
<p>Anyways.. now that you mention it.. I was actually thinking about taking a year off.. BUT I'm not sure how that even factors in when you re-apply.. (besides being "behind" a year)... is acceptance harder (how are you evaluated)?</p>
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you're not behind a year. you're just one year more matured.</p>
<p>How do the adcoms deal with those who take a year off?</p>
<p>the same way, i suppose. though the most important year now would be your year off. they would want to see what are you doing.</p>
<p>If you gain admission this year, then decide to take a year off you can defer enrollment by a year. Hell, since you dont have to reapply you could sit on your couch for a year watching TV, then go to college. Although I wouldn't recommend this.</p>
<p>Also at certain universities, kids who dont make ED are then deferred to RD. So you in essence get two chances at these schools.</p>
<p>Does anyone one know how the Ivy League handle ED "rejections"</p>
<p>theonekid, I don't understand your ?, but will try to respond.</p>
<p>Harvard rejects very few of those who apply EA. That's presumably because overall about 85% of those applying for H admission qualify for admission. Presumably H wants to have as wide a field as possible to select from in the fall so as to have a class that's as diverse as possible in all meanings of the word "diversity." Therefore, the majority of the students who are not accepted EA by Harvard are deferred, and the majority of those are rejected in the spring (as is the case of the majority of H apps.)</p>
<p>If your ? is can students who are rejected for EA reapply for that year, the answer is "no." They have been rejected. Period. </p>
<p>Students rejected EA or RD can apply again for admission for another year, but IMO unless they do something major to change their profile (and "major" does not mean upping their SAT scores another 40 points or doing something similar), they are likely to get another rejection.</p>
<p>Last year, there was a student who had been rejected by H 2 years ago, accepted by MIT and deferred his MIT admission, hoping to be able to apply to H again and get accepted. He was not accepted. </p>
<p>If you get a H rejection for undergrad and still long to go to H, spend your time amassing an outstanding undergrad record at whatever school is lucky to land you (and if you applied to H, I'm sure that some good college would be thrilled to have you) so as to get a H acceptance to grad school. It is IMO futile to try, try, try again to get in undergrad.</p>
<p>it is my understanding that when an ED application is reviewed there are three possible admission decisions: 1) you're accepted, 2) you're rejected, and 3) you're deferred in to the RD pool and no longer considered ED (ie if you're accepted as part of the RD pool, you aren't obligated to go there).</p>
<p>if you're not accepted ED, deferral is, I believe, more common than rejection. and people can and do get accepted after being deferred so a deferral should not be considered the end of one's chances, though obviously the chances of an acceptance as part of the RD pool are not great.</p>
<p>Your application is usually "tagged" as an ED applicant, so the college will know that you really, really want to go there, a major factor in admissions.</p>
<p>If one is deferred, though, the ED tag may not help much at places like Harvard, which don't worry that much about yield since most applicants that are accepted agree to attend.</p>
<p>doesn't harvard only have EA? and in any case EA applicants are not obligated to matriculate</p>
<p>Yes, you are right that Harvard only has EA. Sorry that I misstyped it as "ED."</p>
<p>If you are flat out rejected ED, not even deferred, chances are you won't be able to make it to the school the next year - sorry.
Most schools defer many ED applicants istead of flat out rejecting them, I think some (like G'town) defer all ED non-acceptees.</p>