<p>So if someone was deferred, would you say their chances of getting in are slim or not?</p>
<p>I was deferred and I am super nervous! Brown is by far my #1 choice.
I have done everything I can, and am freaking out just waiting!</p>
<p>ANY PAST DEFERRED STUDENTS, who have gotten into Brown RD round? </p>
<p>Anyone know the stats on that?</p>
<p>Brown does not, and never has, to my knowledge, released any official stats on how many deferred students get accepted. Yes, it most definitely does happen, and I think the standard line is the acceptance rate is the same for these students as everyone else applying regular decision. You’d be surprised how many deferred students end up applying elsewhere EDII and withdrawing their application, or never communicate again with Brown to indicate that Brown is still their first choice.</p>
<p>My wild speculation on this topic – which deserves equal weight to the wild speculation you’ve been listening to – cuts in the opposite direction. I think quite a few deferred applicants have their folders placed in a pile that they don’t look at again until it’s time to print the RD acceptance letters. The idea, here, is that if Brown admits too many applicants through the ED process, the odds of getting accepted RD would be so prohibitive that many solid applicants wouldn’t consider Brown. Deferral serves a number of purposes – like giving Brown more data to consider regarding applicants’ academic records, and waiting to see how the applicant compares to the entire applicant pool. One of the purposes I think it serves is to allow Brown to keep RD admission numbers at a level where applicants are willing to give Brown a chance. So, for all you know, your application has been sent to the archives because the information for your admission letter was uploaded to the office assistant’s PC back in December.</p>