<p>I just feel like my chances at Penn are going down the drain. I would be happy at some of the schools that I was accepted to, but I know I would be even more happy if I was able to attend Penn. Does anyone else feel this way? Why is it only 10% of deferred applicants get in during the regular decision pool? I was deferred Huntsman, do you think I still have a shot at regular Wharton? God I hope so.</p>
<p>Just think of it almost like a second chance, but slightly better.</p>
<p>They are essentially saying that you are definitely qualified to get in, but they’ll need to compare your application with others in the regular decision pool before they can decide.</p>
<p>Hmm…</p>
<p>The people that who do ED to any school (particularly an ivy) in my belief, do it because it is their number one choice and they perhaps want to increase their chances. Knowing this, these people also generally don’t stand a huge shot at Harvard, Princeton, or Yale-as they wouldn’t be committing to a school this early if they had a shot at the big three (I didn’t have a chance at all for HYP, thats why I applied ED to Cornell). Thus, in my opinion, the ED round is slightly less competitive in terms of stats than the RD.</p>
<p>In the RD, you have the people who are applying to Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, because they think they stand a fair shot at them (and thus didn’t want to do ED at Penn). Thus, it should be more competitive the RD round-as that’s when you have the 2400-scoring school president varsity athlete legacies who applied to HYP also tossing in applications for Cornell, Penn, etc.</p>
<p>My advice? Keep in touch with the admissions office, have great midyear grades, and show your interest. Good luck!</p>