What sport? Are there other schools that have shown interest in playing for them in college? If she garnered D1 interest, some of these D3 schools would be interested and could help with admission.
What are her interests? She should submit a few RA apps.
My answer to that is:
1.) If my daughter is not admitted: Wow, they take 1 1/2 months to make a decision! Other comparable schools got back to my D within three weeks and 2 days in one case! They are sure full of themselves.
2.) If she is admitted:
They are really trying to get a decision in so kids can apply to other schools RD during the Xmas break when they have time. It is really hard selecting amongst many qualified applicants!
Deferred and ask for fall semester grade report for further consideration. Not bad, at least it is not denied and he already have others school admitted. Good luck to everyone!