<p>Hey guys, I was deferred. I was expecting to be rejected. Anyways, we all have a chance to do well first semester and raise test scores. Cornell is known for offering guaranteed transfers and first semester exchange program offers.
Oh, and if you want to answer -- why do you think they didn't flat-out reject me?
I go to the officially ranked #1 public school in my state
-I have 700+ community service hours at a soup kitchen and a nursing home
-I work 15hours a week at grocery store as cashier and front-end supervisor
-I am an extraordinarily gifted artist (painting and drawing)
-I am the founder of school newspaper and editor of school literary magazine
-I attended the renowned New England Young Writer's Conference at Middlebury College AND Cornell University Summer College
-27 ACT (LOW but a 31 in English)
-Native American
-Applied to CALS for communication</p>
<p>you are native american and got deferred? holy</p>
<p>@oreoboob Lol but my GPA is low, which I forgot to include up there. 
3.4UW #noshame</p>
<p>I was deferred for architecture and I am crushed. I feel like there is no hope for RD. What are we supposed to do?</p>
<p>Deferred for AEM - schools gonna be rough today… </p>
<p>anyone know what % were deferred vs. % rejected?</p>
<p>In addition to @desie1 's question, does anyone know the percentage of deferred apps that are accepted in the RD round?</p>
<p>deferred for ILR… wondering whether i should even put in the effort to try and help my chances for RD… thoughts</p>
<p>What do you mean “put in the effort”? </p>
<p>@JamesJunkers He probably means raising his grades and test scores.</p>
<p>Honestly, in terms of grades, you have to try at least until midyear. All schools are going to want midyear grades… </p>
<p>If you think you can raise your test scores, go for it… If you have a 33+ on your act, there’s probably no point… </p>
<p>I am a parent of a student who got deferred. Here are some possible reasons:
-They like you, but don’t want to have to include your low(er) SAT/ACT scores into their accepted student average. If you are a later acceptee (deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted), they don’t include your scores.
-After they get an idea of the make-up of the class, they will see what “holes” they need to fill (Native Americans, AA, first-gen, etc.) Then the lower GPA/SAT can be disregarded in service of filling out the class demographically.
-They don’t want to fill the class to much with ED applicants because during the RD round they will get applications from the HYP rejectees, who may have higher scores.</p>
<p>@brantly Thanks Brantly. I hope they strategically deferred me and are planning on accepting me later, whether it be by waitlisting me first or to fill in the “holes” of their class.</p>
<p>@brantly – I don’t know if not wanting to include lower stat applicants in accepted student stats is the issue. I do think that is the case for those offered guaranteed transfers, but most published stats reflect the students enrolled as of next fall. I realize that some universities publish the stats of the accepted students, but I can’t recall seeing this for Cornell. Of course, I may be wrong.</p>
<p>The WL is not a sure thing as some years they take 200 and other years they take almost no one.</p>
<p>I do think it is important for deferred applicants to update the university with any new info, be it test scores or awards.</p>
<p>I have not seen figures for # deferred vs rejected from ED round or acceptance rate of those deferred. Some of the other Ivies publish accept/reject/defer stats but I have not seen it for Cornell. MIT goes as far as to publish acceptance rate of deferred applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks @CT1417. If I am offered a GT, I don’t know if I’ll take it – it will be an emotional and social burden for me at the freshman year college.</p>
<p>@artisticnative – I completely understand your concern. No one wants to start at a school, knowing that he is there temporarily, but instead wants to jump in and become involved with campus life. Just one more thing to evaluate in April, if the option should exist. Best of luck!</p>
<p>I completely agree. Accepting a GT would mean going to a school for a year, and making friends and connections that you know won’t last, and then entering into a new school off of the slim of your teeth. I probably wouldn’t take that. </p>
<p>We know quite a few students who took GT. They usually end up going to their instate public school and meeting Cornell’s requirements for transfer. Cornell makes a great effort to integrate its transfer students. </p>
<p>As far as what you could do with your deferral - 1) write another essay why Cornell is still your #1 choice, 2) get additional recs, 3) lets hope you did well the first semester and keep up with your GPA. I would also take the opportunity to have someone to look over your application and essays again to make sure they are as good as can be before you send them off to your RD schools. Look over your college list to make sure you have match and safety schools you would be happy to attend. At this point focus on your RD schools first then send a new packet to Cornell in Feb. If your GC is willing, have him/her to call your regional rep to see if there is anything you could do to make your application stronger, and maybe you could address it in your essay or your GC’s letter.</p>
<p>As a parent whose older kid got deferred from her ED, then denied, and ultimately ended up at Cornell, I want to tell you try not to fall in love with any school until admitted. I am sure you will all end up at the right school.</p>
<p>Thanks @oldfort! </p>
<p>To those of you guys who applied to the contract colleges (CALS, for example), are you guys from NY? Because this was completely based on speculation, but my GC was telling me that those colleges probably get more money from the state if they have more students from NY, which might be a possible (though unlikely) reason for deferral? As in, if your out-of-state, they might wait until RD to consider you and during ED simply admit the qualified NY applicants? Not sure if this is even remotely true–has anyone heard anything like this before?</p>