Question about Dual Degree Deferral

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<p>Hi! I recently got deferred from Penn ED, applying M&T and also checking the box to be considered ED for SEAS. I had a quick question about what exactly happened to get me deferred from Penn. Was I both deferred M&T and deferred SEAS? Or was I rejected M&T and deferred SEAS? Or even possibly deferred M&T and accepted SEAS?</p>

<p>From the M&T site (<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/apply):%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/apply):&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Please note that because of the selective nature of the M&T Program, students who are applying may also elect a single degree choice on their application as a secondary choice to the Program. This single degree choice will only be considered after all opportunities for placement in the M&T Program have been exhausted. </p>

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<p>From that last sentence above, does Penn mean that they would have only considered me for SEAS if I was outright rejected from M&T? Because if I was deferred "all opportunities for placement in the M&T Program" were NOT exhausted, and thus I wouldn't even have gotten consideration from SEAS? Or is this not the case?</p>

<p>I feel like one of these three things happened:</p>

<p>Deferred M&T ---> Accepted SEAS
Deferred M&T ---> Deferred SEAS
Rejected M&T ---> Deferred SEAS</p>

<p>I think the thing that worries me most is that I could have been accepted SEAS but deferred to RD because I was deferred M&T and they still want to consider me for M&T... or is that not possible?</p>

<p>Sorry if this is really confusing.</p>

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<p>It really is not 100% clear to anybody! Both Penn’s admission’s website and M&T’s website don’t give exact info about deferral…</p>

<p>HOWEVER, I called Penn once and they told me that they evaluate you for M&T only once; so:
Rejected M&T —> Deferred SEAS</p>

<p>Again, I don’t think anything is impossible! Specially when Penn keeps its options open by not clarifying.</p>

<p>BTW, I made kind of the same post couple mounts earlier:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1562285-m-t-ed-deferred-m-t-rd-accepted.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1562285-m-t-ed-deferred-m-t-rd-accepted.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I know of people deferred or rejected from M&T but still accepted into SEAS early decision. don’t know if that helps answer your question.</p>

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<p>You were rejected from M&T and deferred from SEAS. No doubt about it. I emailed the M & T office a couple months ago and they said they very rarely defer applicants during ED. If you were deferred you would have been notified.</p>