Harder to get in deferred ea than regular decision?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>The deferral letter says:
"We can only tell you that we expect the rate of admission for deferred candidates from the early process to be about the same as the rate of admission for all Regular Decision candidates."</p>

<p>Since the caliber of applicants from the SCEA deferred pool is much better than that of the applicants from the regular pool, does this mean that it's harder to get in if you apply early and get deferred? So only ~7% of deferred candidates will end up getting in?</p>

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<p>I’m wondering the same thing. Plus, will the “cap” the acceptances for EA deferrals to a certain percentage? </p>

<p>Since the pool is stronger for EA deferrals, wouldn’t that make their total acceptance rate in RD higher than 7%?</p>

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<p>As there is no readily available statistical evidence supporting any argument, one can only take Yale’s word and assume that the rate of admission for deferred candidates will be around that of RD candidates: ~5%. </p>

<p>However, I’d be willing to bet that deferred applicants typically fare better than regular RD candidates. I’m inclined to think that the RD pool is full of applicants who stand no chance of admission, and who merely applied on a whim, whereas the deferred pool is composed solely of students whom Yale could foresee admitting at some point in the future.</p>

<p>Keep your head high. :)</p>

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<p>keep this in mind: they may <em>hint</em> at the “good” chances that deferred ea applicants would have in the regular round. they would never come out and say that we are at an advantage because it would look biased and unfair to the regular applicants</p>

<p>i have this weird feeling that deferees fare better than the average regular action applicant
because:

  1. early action candidates show a STRONG interest in yale, and yale likes that
  2. the early action pool is already a very very strong set of students (the top people from around the world, and the people who would’ve applied to harvard/princeton if they had early action)
  3. yale rejected people that it immediately saw were unfit, but deferees made the cut. think of deferral as yale getting a candy bar that looks nice/interesting on the outside but perhaps savoring it for later
  4. and lastly, yale IS the MOST selective school is America, if not the world, so if you’re deferred and in the running, you will likely be snatched by other ivy leagues/top top schools anyways</p>
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<p>I was deferred when I had applied ED to college. But I wrote them a letter and asked if I could interview again in February. It worked, I nterviewed again, presented more grades, and I got in.</p>

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<p>^that is good, it means that deferred applicants are SERIOUSLY qualified</p>

<p>and here’s also what the deferral letter said:

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<p>“we do accept a significant number of the early applicants whom we reconsider”(ie ppl who were deferred)</p>

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<p>Thank you for looking at the situational rationally, rather than assuming the mentality of others who think Yale will never want them.</p>

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<p>^ Seriously.</p>

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<p>My daughter applied ED to Connecticut College and was deferred. She really wants to go there, and I was wondering a few things: what can she do NOW to improve her chances, and should she consider telling them that, if offered admission, she would defer attending until January 2011 so she can spend the fall taking classes somewhere or working on some interesting project? She will still send out applications to other schools, but I don’t know if her heart is really into it…</p>

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<p>Thanks pigs, your post really rationalized the situation for me. Suddenly I feel much better about the whole situation.</p>

<p>But seriously, if this is true, then we shouldn’t expect only ~180 deferrees to be admitted out of 2600+ for the 7% rate, now would we? Shouldn’t it be quite a bit higher? Please say yes, lol.</p>

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<p>So what do you guys think of gladtobehere’s advice? To “follow up” on your app? Not necessarily to ask them what you did wrong, but just to let them know that they’re still your first choice and you’d love to go there? That’s what one of my teachers said to do if you got deferred.</p>

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<p>I know a number of current Yale students and recent grads who were initially deferred and later admitted RD. No statistical validity, of course, but it’s certainly not impossible.</p>

<p>They all followed up by the way – not too aggressively, just an e-mail expressing continued interest (at some length, with some substance), and later an “update” of things that had happened since Nov. 1.</p>