<p>@. Iman123194 - I wasn’t aware we needed to sign up anywhere. I thought we just needed to complete the online form they mentioned in the email, and send the mid year report. Can you or others please enlighten me on next steps? Thx</p>
<p>Also, I feel like at this point in order to get in I’ll basically need to cure cancer or something between now and the end of February.</p>
<p>There were 6103 REA applicants, and 725 were accepted.</p>
<p>Hey guys I was also deferred. I am applying to Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Vandy, Duke, Penn, Miami and USC. Going to add another safety just in case. As far as standing out, I applied to INTEL STS (results come out in a month).
Fingers crossed! I got first place at Intel Isef last year so I am hoping I have a chance. Good luck to everyone! Hopefully we will all see each other next year.
And they accept 15% of the people they defer so we have a slightly higher chance then those who apply normal RD.</p>
<p>Would qualifying for USAMO twice still make me a good candidate for the RD admission? And also, I will be researching at Dr.Fishbein’s lab at stanford school of medicine over the summer since i was invited back from my internship. Would all these information organized into a letter help my chances?</p>
<p>I too, was also deferred. I feel like I have a good shot for one reason alone. I have a really unique project that Im working on, which is probably why i got deferred in the first place, but my grades sophomore and junior year were pretty poor. I think that “turned them off” and that showing them a row of senior year A’s can push me into the accepted group. To you all: We should feel honored, we have beaten around 75% of Stanford University’s early applicants. This is an honor in itself, showing us that Stanford sees a glimmer of greatness in our application. Its not like a waiting list, we actually have a good chance guys. Lets stay positive, and hopefully get ourselves accepted.</p>
<p>Hello! I heard that under-qualified applicants who are either legacies or live in San Francisco receive courtesy deferrals. Is this true? If so, do any of you know what percentage of deferrals are courtesy deferrals?</p>
<p>Did anyone receive a second email containing instructions for how to make a SUNet ID and password? I only received my admissions decision with my Stanford ID at the top, but I read earlier that deferred applicants are supposed to get another email…</p>
<p>Yes! More information on courtesy deferrals would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>@thm - nope, just received the one email.</p>
<p>yeah i only got one email so…</p>
<p>I guess you need to go to <a href=“Stanford Login - Stale Request”>Stanford Login - Stale Request; and create a sun net id using the id number they sent in your email. I just set up mine but not sure what to do with it beyond saying I have a Stanford id ;)</p>
<p>So I made an account and now it’s pending approval or something. I guess it needs a sponsorship maybe? Did this happen to anyone else?</p>
<p>S was also deferred. I assume it’s not a courtesy deferral (if there is such a thing) since he has no legacy and is very highly qualified, but it might be some form of consolation since someone from his school who has lower grades, scores, less ECs, etc, was admitted with both multi-generation legacy/development and URM hooks in his favor. I’m a believer in the benefits of affirmative action and understand that schools need development $, but it’s frustrating to see S deferred apparently due to factors over which he has no control.</p>
<p>I’m not clear how/if he can improve his application since he already has virtually perfect grades and test scores and has won the highest national award in his area of EC expertise.</p>
<p>It would be great to hear from anyone who knows someone who has previously been deferred and subsequently admitted!</p>
<p>I agree that it’s a huge honor to be deferred as it means that you caught the attention of one of the best schools in the world, so CONGRATULATIONS and good luck to all of you!!</p>
<p>A Few in my school were rejected despite solid apps/legacy so I don’t think courtesy deferrals are that common</p>
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<p>I’m in the same boat. Anyone deferred and later admitted - would love to hear from you. Thx</p>
<p>It really doesn’t seem like there are too many deferrals… we should keep hope!!
6,103 applicants. 725 accepted. 572 deferred.
Stanford probably has the most selective deferred group and also the most accepted when the regular decision round comes around. </p>
<p>Btw… how many of you are Californians? I wonder if they keep their proportions the same for the deferral pile… roughly 50% Californians?</p>
<p>@syph13 I know thats not true because I know plenty of people who fit into those categories who were denied</p>
<p>@MomCares I am in a similar situation to your son (although I don’t think im nearly as brilliant) because I also was deferred when a girl with the same ecs, same major, and same income, received admission 2 days before anyone else heard, despite me having higher scores and taking harder classes. She was also a legacy and her father wrote a letter to admissions with a large donation attached. Good luck to your son.</p>
<p>Hero fellow deferree here. </p>
<p>Who else is legacy?</p>
<p>And who else is looking at Pomona? It was tied for my first choice but I applied Stamford early because it was non binding.</p>
<p>Because I’m lame and only lurk (No PMing for me. D:) I’ll post my advice here:</p>
<p>FYI: I was deferred last year and then accepted and I received a PM from someone asking for advice. I’m not going to say I know for sure what made the difference, but this is just what I personally think. PLEASE TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.</p>
<p>No worries at all; I’m always glad to help. (: So I had this whole plan after I got deferred to start a new club, get my guidance counselor to call my regional admissions officer, and I was going to send him a letter outlining why I wanted to go to Stanford so badly. The new club never happened just because I was too busy with all my other extracurriculars, they don’t actually post phone numbers to call, but I did e-mail him. When meeting my regional admission officer in the fall, I asked whether the letter had made a difference. He had no idea what I was talking about, lol.</p>
<p>I think for other schools perhaps all that would have helped, but in all honesty Stanford is much more low key. I’m no expert, but at least in my particular case the only thing my AO really read and what ended up getting me in was my optional update form. MAKE SURE TO SEND THAT IN. I did it in March and explained exactly what I had done from halloween until then with the extracurriculars I was involved. Just show them that you didn’t just sit around, you continued being motivated with the things you love and make sure your first semester grades are awesome. (:</p>
<p>I actually had a friend that had her guidance counselor get a call from Stanford about her third quarter grades, so make sure to keep them up! Also, if you have a really low SAT/ACT score that might be throwing you application off balance, try and fix that. I didn’t, but I probably should have.</p>
<p>Anyways, I’m going to stop ranting now. Best of luck and happy holidays! I really do hope you get in. Stanford was the best thing that ever happened to me. I absolutely love it. Keep me updated! (:</p>