<p>What's your feeling about this time around?</p>
<p>haha, I am not too confident, but anything could happen =)</p>
<p>I’ve always thought of my deferral as a polite rejection, so not really confident about this. </p>
<p>I really hate the fact that Yale defers so many of its applicants; to the point that it doesn’t really indicate your competence at all. (though of course i prefer a deferral to a rejection.) Stanford’s way is better.</p>
<p>Yeah, I certainly agree. Over 50% were deferred which is way too many.</p>
<p>I actually prefer Yale’s policy over Stanford’s. If you absolutely have to be a deferred student, obviously you’d feel better about yourself if you were a Stanford REAer, since it is a better sign of your competence.</p>
<p>However, I would definitely rather have a Yale deferral over a Stanford rejection. The extended waiting period isn’t all that bad. A rejection could hurt my confidence much more if it had the time to build up from December to late March.</p>
<p>Overall, a polite rejection is pretty pleasant. I wasn’t heartbroken in December because the journey wasn’t quite over, and I’ve had time to expect a rejection in a few days. And if I happen to be one of the few deferred –> accepted students, I’ll be sending my enrollment deposit within minutes of the decision.</p>
<p>Seeing as two of the five kids accepted to Yale from my school in the last few years were SCEA deferrees (others were two SCEA athletes and one waitlist admit), I feel that I have about as good a shot as a RD candidate. I think the deferral letter may have helped my chances, too, but who knows? Well, I guess us in two days and 21 hours.</p>
<p>Thanks pkm2232- that really reassured me, though I wouldn’t go hanging my hopes in the air of course. Nevertheless it’s nice to know.</p>
<p>Yeah agreed. 50%? Good luck to all. Bull Dog come to my computer…</p>
<p>I’m not confident about the result at all tbh. My RD application was much better put together and comprehensive than my SCEA application.
Plus they defer 80% of the applicants, which means that the deferral indicates absolutely nothing about one’s competency as an applicant.</p>
<p>One thing clear from Yale’s perspective: The deferred applicant did not get accepted into ANY EARLY ACTION SCHOOLS! That includes caltech, mit, stanford, uchicago, etc.</p>
<p>The school should inpterprete the Deffered early applicant to have expressed a higher level of interest in the school than the RD applicant (who could have applied to other schools early). This will become an even more serious indicator next year due to Harvard and Princeton reinstating EA program.</p>
<p>So, Deferred early applicant clearly has an added component in their app – show of a stronger interest than RD apps.</p>
<p>Also, for those who consider it a polite rejection, Yale denied 35% or about 1500 people. You were not one of them. Consider it a sign that, while they weren’t ready to accept you in December, the admissions committee wanted at least another a look at your application.</p>
<p>toughyear and pkm - I hope you are correct! I don’t know how the adcoms are going to figure out yields this year. D has many many friends applying to 15+ schools. There are 35,000+ apps at most of the highly selective schools and each body can only attend one school! I think the waitlists are going to be hopping this year. My D applied early to Yale and gave up the chance to apply early to the close second favorite school. It would be a crying shame if the adcom does not factor in higher interest for the deferred SCEAs. Hoping for some luck on Wednesday to go along with all her hard work in high school.</p>
<p>I am happy with deferral over rejection. It also gave me the opportunity to send in updates for several important events these past few months.</p>
<p>At this point, Yale is still my top choice, but I have been accepted to some schools that I really like as well, so this reduces some of the anxiety.</p>
<p>I wish the best to all you deferees! I think we should get some sort of award for having to go through the notification process twice.</p>
<p>While I would rather be deferred than rejected, I do not like that Yale defers so many applicants! You spend all this time rushing to get your application ready for an early deadline and then spend another four months in limbo. That said, I don’t really know what to think about RD decisions. While part of me realizes that a deferal is not a rejection, it’s also not an acceptance. Which basically means I have no idea what news I will hear Wednesday :/</p>
<p>^Sure, speaking as a deferred applicant, we don’t like that Yale defers so many. But I much prefer this situation over them rejecting a far higher amount and being one of those unfortunate souls.</p>
<p>it totally agree with ccuser18. A deferal was like a nice way of rejecting me, and seeing as I accept that, I’m not goint to be heartbroken with the result. I’ve had 3 months to swallow it. Even more, it made me apply to a larger number of schools so come decisions I may have an option i hadn’t really considered :)</p>
<p>I agree with the “polite rejection” sentiment…I honestly feel no hope for that Decision, but I’ve also long since moved on from a Decision that felt like a rejection. Either way, I’m happy I applied there. Having many other Decisions coming out Wednesday, not much anxiety will be spared on Yale.<br>
That being said, I will be extremely overjoyed with an acceptance ;)</p>
<p>Not too confident, but there’s always a chance. I’m not a big fan of Yale’s SCEA approach. To me, the ~50% deferral just seems dismissive.</p>
<p>It’s just that many of us on this forum would have been rejected if they used a policy similar to Stanford’s. For those who were competitive enough to still get deferred, that’s great, but the rest of us would be left with a rejection staring us in the face until mid-march.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m 99% sure that my deferral was polite rejection. I have legacy, and I heard they never reject them early to be nice…so yeah I’m done for. Supporting evidence for that conclusion: washu and uchicago waitlists. Yep. Good luck to everyone though hopefully some deferees find that it was worth the long wait for closure.</p>
<p>I’m not confident, because my Yale application was by far the worst.</p>
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Me too! Uh mine kinda sucked.
So that makes me not too hopeful. On the other hand, a Likely at Columbia makes me pretty optimistic. So in short, I’m in limbo. After having been deferred, I wish Yale did SCEA like Stanford; however, at the time I was applied I decided on Yale at least in part because I feared the high rejection rates at Stanford. I simultaneously dislike and like the high deferral rate… Ugh.</p>