<p>deferred California</p>
<p>My mail STILL hasn’t come for the day. I’m 99% sure I’ve been deferred, but the anxiety is killing me.</p>
<p>mail still not arrived yet. update new york</p>
<p>ashp23 and benmao - same here!! it’s 6:30 pm and my mail has not arrived yet. no one on my street has gotten mail today for some reason…it feels like some sort of cruel joke!</p>
<p>I just got my Congratulations call!</p>
<p>don’t give up hope - my mail just came at 7pm and I’m accepted to the college!!</p>
<p>Just got mine - North of Chicago -deferred from the college - 4.9 Weighted GPA; 6 AP’s; 2 Varsity Sports; 3 years of consistent service; 2 full time summer jobs…</p>
<p>deferred from the school of nursing and health studies…thought I had a decent shot because I have participated in so many medical related trips/forums and talked about them in my essays but I still have 3 of 5 EA schools I am waiting to hear from</p>
<p>The mail still hasn’t come here in California; I’m doing everything in my power not to camp out next to the mailbox.</p>
<p>Anyone see this (alternative) early acceptance letter?</p>
<p>[The</a> (Alternative) Early Acceptance Letter | Behind the Counter](<a href=“http://thecorp.org/blog/2013/12/the-alternative-early-acceptance-letter/]The”>http://thecorp.org/blog/2013/12/the-alternative-early-acceptance-letter/)</p>
<p>Deferred. Not gonna lie, I’m completely gutted.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred from SFS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720 M, 800 CR, 780 W. 2300 in one sitting during my exchange after the test was canceled twice in a row (subject tests were also cancelled for November… ***)
ACT: 28 (taken once when I was thirteen with no prep… It wasn’t my style so I didn’t take it again)
SAT II: literature 720, m2 590 m1630 (had the flu on test day, couldn’t finish the maths because o was sneezing or coughing every two seconds, proctor suggested I quit and go home but I didn’t think I would get the chance to take them in Korea so I didn’t cancel… Turns out I was right.)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/270
AP (place score in parenthesis): I took every AP offered at my school (3) and then some. It’s not a lot but its all could possibly do.
AP Literature
AP Government
AP U.S. History
AP European History </p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, AP lit, AP ush, sociology, Advanced Environmental Science (no Ap available 
), theater.
I took and finished these classes all in one semester because I had to graduate early to do an exchange program in South Korea, where I am now. I was fifteen years old when I received my diploma. </p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): accepted into federal language academy for Russian and Korean. Could not attend because my family couldn’t afford it at the time </p>
<p>Academic Awards: Honor roll, first place in Korean culture project contest, third place in video contest. Several awards from drama. </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>
<p>Exchange student in South Korea for one year- 2013
Chorus in Korea (competed at national competition)
Drama- participated in every single show there was (3 musicals, 2 plays,2 competition one acts) and got leads in three. Random note: I played Sargent trotter in mousetrap which was weird because I’m a girl but it was a great experience.
Church band- lead singer
Quiz bowl team member- we competed twice on TV.
Taekwondo- black belt. Also worked part time at the studio
Beta club
Was selected for but could not do national honor society because I left the country two weeks after induction and our club was a joke anyway
Dance (jazz, musical theater, tumbling)
Summer governors school for two years</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Taekwondo instructor </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
Lots of undocumented service at church. Didn’t go into details on app.</p>
<p>Essays (rating 1-10, details):
General essay -9/10. Worked my butt off. Four people reviewed it and all said it was great. </p>
<p>SFS essay- 6/10. Talked about the dehumanization of north koreans in the media. People (my Korean history teachers and people back in the us) said it was great and that I had fresh, useful ideas. It was really long though. </p>
<p>EC essay - (6/10) how taekwondo has altered the course of my life. Kind of last minute. </p>
<p>Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: English teacher, she literally said I was the best student she had ever had. But she also copy and pasted a list of my accomplishments that I had given her via email -.- 7/10
Teacher Rec #2: Korean English teacher wrote three pages in broken English about how much she thought i could do well in an IR focus and how hard I work to do everything the Korean kids do even though its ridiculously hard for the native kids. She was so proud to show it to me afterward, it was adorable. (10/10)</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: no clue. I met her once back when she wasn’t my counselor. My old guidance counselor quit this summer and I have to correspond with my school by email so she doesn’t even know me. </p>
<p>Additional Rec:
Interview: Waived. I wish I had had the chance but there was no one who could interview me in my area maybe ill try to do one after I go back to America. </p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA but I’m I’m Korea right now.
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 100,000 ish?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
neither of my parents went to college.
Yearlong exchange in Korea.
I graduated from high school when I was fifteen years old. </p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, grades, took hardest possible courses at my school in half the time that other kids get (my school doesn’t have a lot of options for APs so I kind of had to invent my own schedule) </p>
<p>Weaknesses: Undocumented community service, long SFS essay, not going to that federal service language academy, no interview, I feel like they misunderstood my transcript.</p>
<p>Why you think you were deferred: </p>
<p>No interview, no way to explain my very very weird schedule. Act and sat ii scores may have played a part. </p>
<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet.</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m in shock. Georgetown is my dream school. I didn’t even get to find out myself; I was waiting for the email for international applicants but it never came. my parents got the letter and had to tell me the bad news through a Skype call at 5:30 am today. This seriously blows. I seriously don’t know how I could have worked or studied any harder.</p>
<p>Deferral is NOT rejection. adcoms were just unsure about your app for EA. If you write a letter explaining your circumstances more in-depth, I’m sure they will regard your app in a new and different light. </p>
<p>Don’t give up!! Adversity is what makes you strong; remember that and the tough times will be a little bit easier.</p>
<p>I’m sure this question gets asked every year, but is EA harder than RD? After seeing all these highly-qualified candidates with amazing scores get deferred really begs the question. Is it because the EA pool is just so much more competitive than the RD pool?
I found a quote that says “We only accept the best students early” from
[Application</a> Numbers Soar for Class of 2016 - News - The Hoya](<a href=“http://www.thehoya.com/news/application-numbers-soar-for-class-of-2016-1.2746499#.Uq-8WxZcdlI]Application”>http://www.thehoya.com/news/application-numbers-soar-for-class-of-2016-1.2746499#.Uq-8WxZcdlI)</p>
<p>@Cal it certainly makes sense stats-wise that EA is much more competitive than RD. EA naturally brings in more competitive applicants, all really eager to attend GU. having a lower EA acceptance rate indicates that GU really does pick “only…the best students” for me. in the letter i received, it said that over 6,700 applied early and there was an overall acceptance rate of 14%. pretty competitive! especially considering that GU applicant are already self-selecting as it’s not on the common app.</p>
<p>@neontissues that makes me feel a little better, hopefully everything works out in the end!</p>
<p>Ahhhh deferred. That’s a shame. Oh well, there’s always RD. Time to obsess over Michigan.</p>
<p>@neontissues My friend was deferred as well. I think I have a battle plan set for RD, but I think I’m going to attempt a Bradley Cooper and go to Villanova for a year and transfer if RD does not work in my favor. However, Ohio University may offer me full ride. I definitely am keeping my head up. :)</p>
<p>I am calling today the minute they open to find out. It’s going to be real awkward if she/he tells me I am deferred over the phone, but I am expecting it.</p>
<p>Can you even find out through a phone call? Other than the congratulatory call</p>