<p>S was accepted with merit and need based aid. Also some kind of an entrepreneurial fellowship 
A sight of relief. Congrats to all accepted and hugs to deferred and redirected.
It will all work out in the end. I keep telling myself that too :)</p>
<p>dd deferred</p>
<p>For those of you who received merit-based scholarship, where do you check for that in your account?</p>
<p>I was pretty surprised I got deferred and was expecting a flat out denial. I was indifferent tho cause I already got into mich. Do kids who get deferred usually get denied?</p>
<p>A lot of you are confused on where the FA information is. Log in, click your decision, and it should be right here:
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It’s those two blue links.</p>
<p>Was anyone flat out rejected? It seems like there were a lot of deferrals and a few acceptances, but not m/any rejects.</p>
<p>Have seen only one international reject - all others are deferred. Insane:(</p>
<p>My daughter received a Merit Scholarship, she did not applied for financial aid, so it was based on merit only. Congrats to all the future class of 2017!!</p>
<p>Deferred… So sad :(</p>
<p>I was accepted with a merit scholarship after being deferred from Georgetown. Worst period of my life transformed into one of the greatest.</p>
<p>Does anyone think the admissions counselor that I had been in contact would like to get an email from me describing my heartfelt gratitude for all of her help and how excited I am to attend next year?</p>
<p>Of course she would. Everyone likes to know their work is appreciated.</p>
<p>I just emailed the office of admissions about getting a pennant, haha. I WANT ONE!</p>
<p>I’ll definitely be sending my admissions counselor a postcard.</p>
<p>deferred. devastated.
now i have to apply to other places :(</p>
<p>So . . . what gene associated with getting accepted to the University of Chicago renders students incapable of figuring out how to use the template so that their posts in the Results thread get formatted correctly? Seriously. The brilliant students accepted at other colleges don’t seem to have this problem as often as the Chicago people do.</p>
<p>accepted! hope to see you all next year! :)</p>
<p>I’m thinking Chicago sends out around 60% or more of applicants deferrals. I’m deferred as an international, (which is still better than flat-out rejection), so I gave up most of my dream of studying econ in UChicago. Well, I expected deferral in my rationale anyway. Does anyone know what a deferred student should do to appeal oneself to admission office? I’ve heard one is better off when one sends emails or letters about his or her passion for their schools if waitlisted, but does it apply to deferral as well?</p>
<p>No no no, this applies DEFINITELY to those deferred. I’m sure you guys can search around and find plenty of deferral advice threads (I’ve been deferred by Brown, no worries guys) but to those of you deferred, in case you didn’t know:
YOU WILL GET REJECTED IF YOU DO NOT CONTINUE TO SHOW INTEREST. </p>
<p>Send a nice letter letting the college know you are still extremely interested and what you’ve been doing (let them know of any awards and accomplishments you’ve recently gotten). If you can get another strong rec letter (I’m currently contacting my principal for one), get it and send it.
Don’t be annoying.
Don’t tell them you’ve gotten accepted to other places. I was dumb enough to ask this on another thread. It will make you look like an a-hole.
Don’t stay silent.
Don’t take a dejected, pompous, or rude tone. Be humble or your app will quickly make it to the trash.
I’ve read that approx. 10% of deferred students get accepted (more or less, depending on the institution), so play your cards right by updating your app with interesting things. I wouldn’t send another essay unless it’s absolutely to die for. Rec letters and updates on cool stuff will be stronger. If you’ll have improved and updated scores, send those.</p>
<p>And the cool thing about a deferral is that you do not have to meet the RD deadline to accomplish these things. IN FACT, it’s better to send this stuff around February, when it’s likely that your application will be in an admissions officer’s hands. Give them something to root for you for. Help them say “But look, this applicant’s done x, y, and z since then.”</p>
<p>To whom do we send the letters then? Sending them to a random admission officer wouldn’t do anything in my guess</p>