<p>Butternut: we're on the same boat. I got deferred too. I'm gonna start on my letter to them really soon too. Should I sign up for an interview? </p>
<p>I'm still in shock. I've been looking at my deferral letter for an hour. and I'm still looking at it.</p>
<p>Just a few words of wisdom, courtesy of Mr. Michael Buble:</p>
<p>**
Because you are not alone,
I'm always there with you.
And we'll get lost together,
Until the light comes pouring through.
It's when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won:
Babe, you're not lost.
When your world's crashing down
And you can't bear the cross
I said, 'babe, you're not lost.' **</p>
<p>and of The Decemberists:</p>
<p>**
And while I am lying here, trying to fight the tears,
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger,
though I think I might lie here a little longer.
**</p>
<p>In any event, those songs are making me feel better, so I hope that they'll hope someone here too, even if it's just a little bit. :)</p>
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I think because Chicago admits that it's taking time issuing a final decision about you, you should take the opportunity to rethink your "dream" school.
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not helping. I know, it's important to be happy about whatever school you end up attending. Rethinking your college choices and why your dream school is your dream school is also important. As of now, the deferrals are still fresh and stinging. I'm not trying to focus on percentages and luck, I'm just trying to alleviate the disappointment that many of us are struggling with.</p>
<p>I think I'll send my AMC scores.</p>
<p>I know it sounds horrible...</p>
<p>but I'm ecstatic I was even deferred. I was bracing for a full-on rejection, it makes me feel, in a way, recognized for my hard work, haha. Anyways...</p>
<p>I plan on sending a whole packet of stuff that I've done, another recommendation, and maybe the arts supplement. Would that be okay, even if I don't plan on majoring in the arts?</p>
<p>I felt the exact same way, signitblank :) I knew that I would be right on the periphery of being rejected, so I'm actually at peace with my deferral. Although I am planning on sending a kick-ass essay and a better recommendation, provided my counselor doesn't think that that would be too much to send.</p>
<p>Man, a lot of you guys I was talking to earlier while we were awaiting our letters. If it's any consolation, I was looking forward to spending four years talking with you guys. I think you're all really awesome people, and I hope you're happy wherever you go.</p>
<p>Unalove is right that you should be focusing on other applications right now, but it bears remembering that Chicago admissions is not quite as random and nuts as Yale or Stanford. Out of 2,200 or so students deferred, something like 400-500 will ultimately be offered admission. A fair number of you will still have the chance to attend Chicago (or to tell it where to put its acceptance letter) come April. The difference between being in the EA pool and being in the RD pool is not that great.</p>
<p>Being deferred is like going out on a date with the star quarterback at your high school, and then being told, "Ya know, this isn't working. How bout we jsut be friends and see if it turns into something more later on?" :)</p>
<p>I've decided to leave Chicago alone for a while, and focus on my other awesome schools. After I've submitted those apps, I'll come back and convince UofC to take me. :)</p>
<p>Same here, Butternut. </p>
<p>I do have a question, though. What is the limit of supplementary stuff we can send? Here's my list of what I want to send:</p>
<p>Deferred package</p>
<p>Extra recommendation
Description of a Writing Center I started this month
Mid-year report (duh)
Another essay (Maybe I should have written that optional essay..)
My scholastic studio art portfolio?
Write a letter expressing interest
Telling them I am private tutor
And a description of a HUGE project that I've been working on that I've forgot to send them.</p>
<p>Too much?</p>
<p>I hope that wouldn't be an excessive amount of materials. I'm planning on sending an additional letter of recommendation, a letter explaining my continuing interest in UChicago, and an additional essay. Although, I am waiting back from my counselor to see if that would be considered too many additional materials.</p>
<p>@JHS: How accurate are your deferral to acceptance numbers? Can anyone else comment, as well, on such rates and numbers?</p>
<p>My deferral-to-acceptance numbers are purely the mathematical result of assumptions (1) that deferred students are admitted at about the same rate as anyone else in the RD pool (which I have heard people say at various points, but rarely seen numbers) and (2) that the total number of RD applications this year won't be as much as 10% higher than last year. No inside information is involved.</p>
<p>On further review, I overstated the number of deferred applicants. The admissions blog post as much as said that somewhat less than half the EA pool was deferred, which means <2,000 deferrals. Say, 1,950, since it would be a real departure from past practice to have it be a lot less than half. (I originally said 2,200; I think I inadvertently used Yale's number.) I assumed a maximum of 8,800 RD applications (vs. 8,000 last year), which would yield a total RD pool of 10,750, and total RD acceptances of 2,150 (vs. 2,100 last year, EA having gone down by about 150). So, an RD acceptance rate of about 20%, times 1,950, would be 390. Instead of saying 400-500 deferred students would be accepted, I should have said 350-450.</p>
<p>Numbers, numbers, numbers. Enough already!</p>
<p>honestly, i felt like someone had punched me when i got my deferral letter...first the virtual punch and, then, the letter punch...i'm surprised the envelope didnt give me a paper cut when i opened it. </p>
<p>i know it's just deferral but i feel so betrayed! i thought uchicago looked beyond grades :( and now in the rd pool i'm competing against the valedictorian (my best friend) of our class (who got accepted to oxford and georgetown sfs) and my other best friend who is a varsity rower [i'm an ex-rower..injury :(] 1600 and a 4.0 gpa (all ib classes--like me...like THAT got me anywhere)</p>
<p>and now this 'january letter of intent' is like ripping open a wound :(</p>
<p>sorry to be so dramatic. i'm just so bitter, deferral really sucks.</p>
<p>ice and desire, i had to read the deferral email twice... I have a silly-sounding email account that's just more convenient and always open, and a "professional"-sounding one, and all emails from the "professional" one get automatically sent to the silly one also, but with a delay of anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. So on Dec. 15, I logged onto CC, saw that people were discussing their acceptances/deferrals/rejections but there was no email in my main account... I logged into the nice-sounding one, saw the email, was upset, etc... logged back out. Not 20 minutes later, the email popped up again in my nice inbox :( That was just adding insult to injury.</p>
<p>And then I got the snail mail letter! grr. </p>
<p>Three people from my school got in EA... one is one of my best friends (and I feel terrible for resenting her for that, even slightly), one has a sister at UChicago right now, and the third is also a pretty good friend of mine but... I dunno. Maybe I resent him too, kind of.</p>
<p>I had an on-campus interview last week Wednesday and I'm still not sure how that went, so that's not horribly encouraging... :(</p>
<p>pianistonstrike
oooh. i think i would've lost it if i had a best friend that got in, but come april/may it shouldn't be as bad as december (hopefully :) ) </p>
<p>i'm sure your interview went fabulously! good luck, i wish you the best (esp. after having to have read that letter three times, you deserve it!)</p>
<p>The deferral letter. I think that when I first saw the letter on my computer, my heart skipped a few beats. It seriously scarred me for life. </p>
<p>I still have yet to do my interview (Jan 31) and my letter proclaiming my love for Chicago. Still thinking of something good to write about... but I know I have to do it soon.</p>
<p>I got deferred from Yale in mid-December. I know how you feel. It's disappointing, but at the same time, you can still be excited! Remember, you certainly weren't REJECTED. You still have a chance for RD admissions. Keep your grades up and inform the school of any additional achievements. Best of luck to you!</p>