The kids who *don't* get into Stanford

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<p>^^here is the evidence where everyone is quoting the 15% acceptance rate for deferred students taken from Official Stanford SCEA 2017 Deferred Applicants (College Confidential)…</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1430141-official-stanford-scea-2017-deferred-applicants-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1430141-official-stanford-scea-2017-deferred-applicants-4.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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12-16-2012, 05:54 AM #48
clairebear29
Junior Member</p>

<p>Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 52
I figured I would post this just to have it on record for all posterity… We’ve already seen it, but maybe it’ll ease next year’s deferrees’ pain if they’ve read the deferral letter before it comes.</p>

<p>December 14, 2012</p>

<p>[Name]
Email: [address]
Stanford ID:########</p>

<p>Dear [first name],</p>

<p>After careful consideration and a thorough review of your candidacy, we have deferred your application to our Regular Decision review period. Our philosophy is to defer only a small percentage of Restrictive Early Action applicants, and thus you are part of a highly select group of students whose applications will be reviewed again.</p>

<p>The reasons for deferring a Restrictive Early Action application vary, but in most cases we want to reassess your candidacy in the broader context of our entire applicant pool, or we want to see your first term senior year grades. Although we cannot predict the likelihood of gaining admission, in each of the past four years approximately fifteen percent of deferred candidates have been admitted.</p>

<p>Between now and the end of February, we invite you to submit online an Optional Update Form. Let us know about any new honors, awards or significant personal accomplishments. Do not submit additional letters of recommendation. When first term grades are available, ask your school to submit an updated transcript with the Common Application Midyear Report Form. Include your Stanford ID number, located at the top of this letter, in all correspondence with the admission office.</p>

<p>We appreciate the thoughtfulness and hard work you put into your application and acknowledge your strong interest in Stanford as a Restrictive Early Action applicant. You will receive a final decision at the end of March, 2013.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>[Signature]</p>

<p>Richard H. Shaw
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid

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<p>…if you read closely the following is noted in the letter…</p>

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Although we cannot predict the likelihood of gaining admission, in each of the past four years approximately fifteen percent of deferred candidates have been admitted.

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<p>…in reference to the 4 countries that I mentioned…it was made in the context of having had close friends and colleagues from those countries in medicine and technology fields who have grown up and studied at those schools and attended those institutions before coming to America…</p>

<p>…you are correct…there are many universities in those countries…and that admissions to those fine institutions are based on a major examination score one achieves at the end of their secondary education that determines the fate of so many…but…if you ask many in the know from those countries…they will tell you that most power in politics, law, medicine, business, etc…stem from those particular institutions more than any other…with the exception of maybe IIT/Delhi University holding similar sway today…</p>

<p>…now…most of my friends and colleagues are in their 50s…so things may have changed in those countries in recent years in terms of the power/prestige factors related to those institutions…</p>

<p>…I will allow someone else who is more knowledgeable to explain the nuances of admission to those institutions…</p>