<p>Does anyone who is deferred in the ED process ever get admitted to UVA? My D claims that no one from her HS has ever been able to overcome a deferral. Is this just a polite way of saying, brace yourself for a rejection letter in April?</p>
<p>I don't know about general deferrals, but a deferral for a legacy is actually a rejection.</p>
<p>Several adcons told me that the office is honestly trying to evaluate applicants. In the past, all those not admitted were deferred. UVA is now trying to defer only those who have a realistic shot at admittance. The others are rejected. </p>
<p>If I recall your daughter's stats correctly, it seems to me that she just missed acceptance. At my school in the Richmond area, we had five or six acceptances (I was one of them) and one deferral that I know of. Although I don't know my classmates' SAT scores definitely, I feel confident in saying that her stats were at least as good on average as theirs.</p>
<p>I have known people that got deferred and then accepted... its not the ultimate rejection.. hang in there.. it all depends on the applicant pool for regular decision... whole different ball game</p>
<p>my experience has been that very few people are rejected early decision. It seems like the adcoms want to keep there options open. That said, most people I know who were deferred were ultimately rejected or waitlisted during regular decision. I don't know if it's true or not but I've heard that the adcoms put deferred applications on the bottom of the pile during regular decision and look at them after they've made decisions about the RD kids, so if there's no space left the deferral turns into waitlist/rejection.</p>
<p>"My D claims that no one from her HS has ever been able to overcome a deferral."</p>
<p>same in my high school last year. every deferred applicant was rejected eventually.</p>
<p>i got deferred, and uva was my number 1 choice. However, i think my first semester grades will be all A's. That being said, i will improve in my grade trend from junior yr, so i hope uva likes that.</p>
<p>Last year I knew two kids who got deferred, one was accepted and one was rejected.</p>
<p>5 kids I know turned deferrals into acceptances at my school. Mmm I don't think this is true, but my friend's mom said that according to some statistics website, 70 percent of people that were deferred ED were accepted regular. I don't know...but that seems kind of odd. I guess it really helps people that didn't have as strong a gpa during ED, and will imporove by mid-year? What do you guys think?</p>
<p>While it is certainly possibly to get in after being deferred, the odds are much lower. Barrelbowl's statistic of 70% getting accepted after being deferred is completely off the mark. The best thing you can do to help your case is to keep in contact with the admissions office. Send in extra material, get extra recs, and send them a letter detailing your continued interest. Admissions people at other schools have told me that they flat-out reject people who are deferred and then proceed to have no contact with the school.</p>
<p>"70 percent of people that were deferred ED were accepted regular"</p>
<p>BS.</p>
<p>uva's overall acceptance rate 38%.....u r saying the less qualified applicants now have a 70% percent chance????</p>
<p>I didn't say that was true, if you read my post carefully you will see that it was my friend's mom that said it. Furthermore, I questioned it's validity, and even went to say that it's probably fake.</p>
<p>"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics"</p>
<p>"I didn't say that was true, if you read my post carefully you will see that it was my friend's mom that said it. Furthermore, I questioned it's validity, and even went to say that it's probably fake."</p>
<p>sorry man, i wasn't attacking u personally. i was attacking the statement. sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>The reasons someone is deferred usually don't change during the RD period, no one from our town has gotten in after a deferral, and this is SW VA where UVa is heavily recruiting for diversity. Seems like legacies are deferred for political reasons- don't want their parents to cut off any financial contributions!</p>
<p>No worries Untitled. I'm just a little disappointed after getting deferred and working as hard as I can to make a strong case regular decision.</p>
<p>"Seems like legacies are deferred for political reasons- don't want their parents to cut off any financial contributions!"</p>
<p>legacy doesnt mean *****, unless your parents DONATE a lot of money.</p>
<p>Untitled,</p>
<p>At Virginia, that is not true. All legacies have in-state status, which is a huge plus. In addition, the alums operate a counselling service to help legacies get into the school. They review your credentials, make suggestions how to approach your application, and that sort of thing. We found this tremendously helpful.</p>
<p>Well technically being a legacy helps you - but its not really that big of a deal. I can't find a source for this, but I'm 99% sure that legacy children have above average stats then non legacy students anyway.</p>
<p>a big donor > stingy legacy.</p>