<p>Hi
I was deferred during ED and still hopeful that I will receive good news on March 30th!
Just curious if others would still attend without a doubt if accepted or have
You moved on to another 1st choice since being deferred?</p>
<p>hey, i got deferred too. i visited and did an overnight stay and fell in love even more. i personally really want to go there, but it’s unrealistic, with the < 10% acceptance rate for deferred candidates. how about you?</p>
<p>Yes I am! Took SATIIs again, improved class rank, sent a note along with new awards, etc. And eating Quaker Oats everyday!</p>
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<p>Lol, you will * definitely * be accepted in that case.</p>
<p>Thanks – the Quality of Quaker is totally in me! Eat your OATS!</p>
<p>Hi …I still really want to go to Penn too but I am not overly optimistic either. My school usually sends 8 or 9 each year to Penn only one out of 3 was excepted ED and her stats
Were lower than the 2 that were deferred. My gc said
They wanted to wait until the rest if the RD
Apps were in and then pick from the larger pool.
Keeping my fingers crossed! Good luck to all of you too!</p>
<p>I’m still dying to go to Penn! Unfortunately, I don’t get legacy status anymore because its RD, but I’ve improved my grades and my ACTs significantly since then. Penn is still easily my top choice. Good luck to all of you, and hopefully see you next year! ;)</p>
<p>Deferred ED, and I don’t know what to think. My good friend got in to M&T, so I doubt that will happen for me. Maybe Wharton…I’m less than optimistic, but I can’t help but dream. I have good stats, and just need to catch a break to get in.</p>
<p>Seems futile, though. :(</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m wavering between not wanting to know and pulling my hair out wondering if I will get in as RD applicant. I was so sad when I got deferred as a ED applicant and part of me feel like I’ll be even sadder when a rejection letter comes my way next week. Sigh…</p>
<p>honestly, its a little late for me to be telling you this and i wish this came up right after the ED decisions were released.</p>
<p>i was deferred last year ED, and accepted RD. i didn’t send any additional letters, didn’t retake any tests, have anything special, or having anything extra sent to Penn. if it’s in the cards for you, it will happen. the fact that you were deferred means you did everything right. the fact that you werent accepted means that you werent outrageously special enough or an over-represented minority that will come in boatloads during regular decision. it’s the sad truth, but it is what it is. after i got deferred, i couldnt have thought less about penn (after the initial week of heartbreak) and they never crossed my mind til i opened the decision letter on march 30th/31st (i dont remember which day). because face it, the acceptance rate is abysmal. the best advice i can give you (b/c im assuming you don’t want to forget about penn like i tried to do) is to hope for the best but expect the worst…because in reality, most of you, if not all, will be rejected. i hate to be a downer but that’s the reality. i was no different than any of you, and march 30th a few of you will get lucky and most of you wont. the fact is you will get into plenty of other amazing schools and never look back. in fact, youll look back and realize how stupid they were for not taking you. i almost guarantee you that being deferred from penn means youll get an acceptance to another fantastic college or university.</p>
<p>don’t analyze your deferral like i tried to do, and pick apart where you went wrong or think you went wrong, b/c you have no idea and it wont help. have faith in yourself and in less than a week youll all have great places to go and do great things, irrespective of the institution you choose to attend.</p>
<p>axc…thanks for the encouraging words!</p>
<p>i was also deferred ED. i was upset for that day and i know my chances are way low. unfortunately i still thought about it a lot. especially now with 2 and a half days left. i think ill be rejected bc statistics say that, but i cant help but be hopeful. its a sad truth.
another sad truth is that ill probably be happy wherever i go. but right now, i want to be happy at penn. people always tell me (and im sure you hear this too) that it will work out wherever you go. well, yea sure, its most likely gonna work out. ill get a job, get married, have kids… but the problem with that is that i want all of that to happen as a result of going to penn. its like saying i want penn to be the start of my future. ho-hum
anyway good luck, hobey ho</p>
<p>Hope to see you all at Penn next year! Good Luck!!!</p>