<p>Just here to quickly report my S’s deferral at his ED school. 
Glad he’s got most of his applications done. I’ve got to get dinner on the table before he walks in the from his EC. Like it was for OM, it’s a bit blue here tonight but we’ll get through it.</p>
<p>RenMom, I’m so sorry to hear of your son’s deferral. I’m glad to hear it’s not a rejection though; there’s still a chance. So long as he has some other good options, it may end up that he gets into his first choice, or maybe by April, another school will have become his #1.</p>
<p>Sorry to those will not such good news…upwards and onwards, as they say.</p>
<p>We, on the other hand had good news…DD was accepted to her ED school and we await the confirmation letter and hopefully some merit money!
Beyond excited and pleased for her. She works hard for this.</p>
<p>^very happy for you. I hope the merit money flows freely.</p>
<p>Congrats to those with early acceptances, and sympathy for those deferred or rejected. Our older two sons were both deferred. They were both strong candidates who ended up with multiple acceptances from “most selective” schools, so I can relate to the comment about early admissions at these places being a reach (that is, random) for everyone. With our youngest we tried to be less overtly concerned-probably still too emotionally involved under the surface but trying to keep calm, and son reciprocated by saying he had a lot of schools on his list he’d be happy with; as a result the whole process was easier all around. And now he’s been admitted early to a great LCA, so he can enjoy vacation instead of working on essays! I wish we’d figured more of this out sooner but some people just have to learn by making mistakes :)</p>
<p>Yes, Aeddar, I’ve wanted to say something about that too. Last year many of the top kids at our school were deferred or rejected ED, then had wonderful choices RD. Maybe they didn’t get into Vassar, but got into Wesleyan. Or not to Wesleyan but got into Brown. There was no rhyme or reason…but everyone found a wonderful spot.</p>
<p>I agree that sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to the process; there are just so many qualified applicants. I am glad that our kids have other choices that are appealing to them and also realize that just because one school didn’t say yes, doesn’t mean that comparable schools won’t accept them.</p>