How do I handle a deferral?

<p>I have recently been deferred by what I think is my first-choice college (still undecided, leaning towards this particular college, however). What is my best course of action? On the deferral letter, they said that I shouldn't bother sending anything else in to them. Of course, I want to stand out. For clarification, this particular school isn't a Ivy or top LAC, it's just a highly-regarded state school. What are the chances of being accepted after being deferral?</p>

<p>do some research and try to find acceptance rates for deferees. It's tough to say without knowing the school and your stats.</p>

<p>^^^^^</p>

<p>Well, I'm assuming my stats are at least borderline considering that I didn't get outright rejected. Anyhow, should I write a letter of intent/interest? How does one go putting together something like this? Any help would be appreciated.</p>

<p>If they specifically said not to send any more information, then forget about it. Consider the deferral as a kind rejection and move on to your plan B. There is always a very slim chance of a deferral turning into an acceptance but it's not something that you should count on.</p>

<p>I got deferred from my maybe-#1 too, and my response was to freak out pretty badly for a few hours, kinda relax, realize my other choices are good schools too, and then stop thinking about it for the next couple of months. You might want to consider a similar strategy - there's no way that you can worry about it for the next two or three months, so just breathe a bit and wait it out. Don't be too hopeful, but also remember that plenty of kids got denial letters - you got deferred because you do still have a chance.</p>

<p>hard to help u out w/out ur sat n school name. but if they said not to send extra stuff, dnt.</p>

<p>realize that you'll most likely be happy wherever you end up going, and plan for applying to other colleges</p>

<p>I personnally think that this year, the state schools are going to have a higher than historical average yield (percent of the people they admit accepting) and private, other than top tier, lower. Unless the adcoms have built this in, I think the % of deferred at top tier state schools who get admitted is going to be very small. My take on this is that the economy tanked as the process was going on, and some parents are going to have to tell kids, you cant go to pricey private U. IMHO.</p>