“Far less likely,” I’m not sure about that. “Less likely,” yes.
We certainly do get several deferred home school applicants that post here are accepted by Ross in their later decision dates. Deferred homeschool/Ross applicants have a decent shot if they’re accepted in the 1st RD wave (2/18?) and then subsequently accepted on the 2nd Ross decision date (3/18).
These Ross Class 2024 and 2025 threads aren’t all encompassing (not recording every CC decision), but did get some activity.