<p>I received a letter asking for my semester grades, but it never said deferral in it at all. It didn't have any other materials in it, just a small letter. How come everyone else received a letter that explicitly said they were deferred while mine didn't even mention the word "deferral" or any variation of the word in it?</p>
<p>Perhaps you aren't deferred. They are probably waiting for your semester grades to make their final decision. Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.</p>
<p>CC, lots of people get that letter. I did and so did at least one other kid at my school.</p>
<p>There is a difference, although I'm not sure why some candidates are treated one way instead of the other.</p>
<p>The key thing is whether or not the readers have evaluated your application or not. </p>
<p>Most candidates are evaluated based on the grades they've submitted so far. Once evaluated, they are given a rating (From High Admit to Deny). Deferral letters only go to students who have been evaluated. From what has been reported here, some of those defer letters may ask for students to send in 7th semester grades. Perhaps students will be re-evaluated based on those grades? I don't know this part of the process.</p>
<p>Some people, however, aren't evaluated--the admissions office chooses to wait until they get those 7th semester grades. That means evaluators don't even rate the application until those come in. </p>
<p>Why is it that some are evaluated without those grades (but encouraged to mail them), and some are not evaluated until those grades come in? Don't know.</p>
<p>Well, the letter said, "after a comprehensive and initial evaluation of your application, we find that we will need additional information before we can make a decision. please send us your first semester senior year grades by March 1st." </p>
<p>So, they have reviewed my application, but it seems like they didnt give me any decision at all. There is no mention of deferral at all, while in many other people's letters, it explicitly stated that they were deferred.</p>