How often does a deferral lead to an acceptance?

Applying to College
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<p>I know that the chances of getting in after a deferral are slim, but I was curious if anyone knows some actual numbers/percentages that are common in schools?</p>

<p>(I'm not talking Ivy League by any means, the school I was deferred from is a small, private liberal-arts college.)</p>

<p>I have a really wonky transcript because I spent almost the entirety of my sophomore year in hospitals and in a wilderness therapy program. It looks odd, but it's certainly an interesting story to tell, and my essay about it turned out to be really powerful. My GPA for senior year is good, 4.6 weighted. However, the college I was deferred from hasn't seen those grades or my massive (and truthfully, fairly impressive) art portfolio. Do you think these things will help? I was really surprised to hear that I was deferred because the lady who interviewed me said that "she thought the college would love to have me" and that "getting in would be very doable." </p>

<p>Aside from my own situation, generally speaking, what measures can students take after a deferral to help boost their chances of acceptance?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>“I know that the chances of getting in after a deferral are slim”
That is not necessarily true…a school in my town last year had 7 kids apply to Michigan, all 7 were deferred, and 6 of the 7 were accepted.
Does it depend on the school? absolutely, but there is definitely a chance, especially with added Resume and 7th semester grades.</p>

<p>A side question: how do you have over a 4.5? My school gives 4.5 for AP A and 4.25 for Honors A, so even if we could take all AP (which we can’t) the highest GPA we could have is 4.5, the highest I’ve heard of at my school is 4.3 as a result of the numerous standards we are forced to take…just curious because I’ve been hearing of ridiculous numbers like 3.8 UW and 4.9 W…lol a little mind boggling</p>

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<p>Some schools give 5 or even 6 for AP A.</p>

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<p>my school gives a 4 for basic classes (people in remedial classes and have failed standardized state tests), a 5 for regular classes, and a 6 for AP/honors/IB/Dual credit classes</p>

<p>crazy huh?</p>

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<p>Yes, our school weights honors classes as 4.5 and AP classes as 5, I believe. It’s not uncommon to see some kids have close to the 5.0 level.</p>

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<p>It depends, schools like University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign over half of deferrels are admitted. While other schools, example: worlds most notable, very few are probably admitted on a deferrel.</p>

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<p>The school I was deferred from defers about 50 students and only takes about 5.
Sooo, it really depends on the school</p>

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<p>wowwww sorry to hijack this thread but will naturally lower GPAs as a result of systems like mine hurt my chances when being compared to insanely inflated GPA’s?</p>

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<p>jkaplan, I highly doubt it. Most colleges claim to look at your GPA within the context of your high school’s grading system, and I think they really mean it. Otherwise, everyone would be flocking to these schools with inflata-grades.</p>

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<p>ya that makes sense, it’s really mind boggling to see all this grade inflation but whatever lol</p>

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<p>Duke says that only about 10% of the people deferred are admitted.
That’s the only school I know of, because I got deferred from there.</p>

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<p>Just recently? that’s pretty rough.
The school just contacted me and said that about a third of their deferred students are accepted, so that’s not completely dismal for me. I’ll give it a good shot, and then if I’m still rejected I will probably eat some nachos and then move on with my life.</p>