<p>so has anyone else been deferred from a bunch of schools and are getting sick of it? Right now I have 3 deferrals and they suck, I think they should just accept or reject me</p>
<p>Ah but once you've been rejected you'll know it is far worse.</p>
<p>I been rejected from 2 already</p>
<p>i hate being deferred. it's like, "here's a very very very small glimmer of hope that you'll get in. we just want you to work hard and try to persuade us that you belong here. but still, even then we might not want you".</p>
<p>best advice ever given: find another school that you think you have a shot at and fall in love with it. once you've written a letter restating your interest to you deferred school, move on. if it helps, just pretend to yourself that you were rejected and begin to think seriously about your other schools.</p>
<p>and i was deferred too, so i know how it feels. it's pretty cruel, but it could be worse.</p>
<p>I think an EA or ED rejection is much harder. Deferral means that you are in the ball park. Rejection means that under no circumstances would you ever be accepted there. Pretty crushing, especially when you've set your heart on one school and declared yourself by applying ED.</p>
<p>Deferral is hard because you hold out hope. Sunshiner is right, though, do what you can do, and then act as if you aren't going to get in. If they don't want someone like you, then it's good that you aren't going there.</p>
<p>Deferred from THREE rejected from 1.
Yeah... I had a hole in my transcript and my counselor found it after EA/ED decisions were out...not fun at all :(</p>
<p>When <10% of deferred are admitted at top schools, it's a nice rejection in most cases.</p>
<p>I would have KILLED for a deferral instead of a rejection. A deferral would have given me time to fall in love with other schools.</p>
<p>Did you get a deferral letter from JMU? this week? Need to know if they alreadt send all the letters, pleaseee..</p>
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I think an EA or ED rejection is much harder. Deferral means that you are in the ball park. Rejection means that under no circumstances would you ever be accepted there. Pretty crushing, especially when you've set your heart on one school and declared yourself by applying ED.
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Not really true, but this is why we see the admissions landscape we do. A few schools are honest in the early round and flat-out reject a good number of kids. At many schools, virtually everyone who applies early and isn't accepted is deferred. And yet both types of schools only end up admitting a small number of the early applicants who didn't get in early. Why the difference? Year after year do some schools just get a rash of poor apps they reject out of hand, while all the others don't? Or is there something else going on?</p>
<p>My bet is on the "something else". The "deferral" lets the EA/ED kids see themselves as right on the fence or at least in the ballpark. The fact that most of them don't get in, year after year, tells you that the adcoms have already made up their mind about most of them. But instead of sending out the bad news they send out a "deferral" letter which drags out the process but works in the schools best interest. They let the message circulate that if you know you don't have the strong stats the kids who got in RD from your HS did then you better apply EA/ED to have a "chance". Which drive up app and their selectivity rating, and at ED programs also probably gets them a pat from the Financial Aid office because you can't compare packages if you don't have any others.</p>
<p>deferral sucks....especially if the school is one of your top choices, after i got deferred from u albany i sent a letter to the admissions office saying how interested in the school i was and how i've improved in different areas. but either way its so hard to wait till april to wait for a real answer.</p>
<p>yea i send in a essay explaining why i loved the school so much and how i really couldnt see myself anywhere else. my friend told me that my no one would read my essay (hoping this isnt true) i just dont want april to come around and i am rejected :-(</p>
<p>I got accepted to my safety, though I'm sure the rest will probably be rejections.</p>
<p>I got rejected by my first choice and deferred by my second choice. It really sux. You feel like someone just stole all of your hopes and dreams and then eventually you get over it. I have just been trying to keep myself busy with school and work and hope for the best when it comes to the rest of my applications. Anyone else have similar feelings?</p>
<p>exactly the same but i think deferral is the worst because you dont really know what is going to happen. its almost like they are saying "enh maybe" then let you hang on for a few more months...</p>
<p>My quest in college admission crazyland has rather defined me already to understand and grasp what I offer as a student, as an intellectual, and as a person. I applied to ten schools, a fairly healthy number I think in the ever-growing admissions arm's race. I started off with some nice acceptances (when are acceptanced ever not nice?) from colleges that I like yet have not visited so I have no idea where I fit, if at all. However, my "I feel like I'm getting the hang of this" ended on Christmas Eve. </p>
<p>I had been looking forward to this particular letter since November. Truly, in my heart, it was my number one college. I did not apply ED; I applied through their Priority Application because ED would not be possible due to the financial aspect. I do not regret my decision. I know by applying "Priority" is by no means a guaranteed acceptance, however I felt like I found a perfect match when I visited over the summer. I felt as though this could be my place. I actually had that dumb gut feeling everyone talks about while stepping foot on campus and it made me so upset to not only know that my aspirations for attending had been deferred but that I felt so foolish in proclaiming to myself and to others that College X was my number one.. and come on, CHRISTMAS EVE?! Unrequited love sucks. </p>
<p>However, I picked myself up after a bad few days of emotional angst. I wrote a "Why College X essay?" Now, I find out around my birthday, lovely. I know I put the most I could possibly can in that application and to be completely honest, I am sure I will be happy at the schools that appreciated me for who I was and what I offer. I have already discovered that I really do love the colleges that have accepted me, and if College X does not accept in March, then that is fine. I know I will find a future "home" and one that I will completely feel is right for me. There are over 3,000 colleges out there, I am bound to find one that feels right. </p>
<p>Keep hope. The college admissions "game" surprises many, and I am sure each of you will fall in love with the schools that took note to your outstanding qualities. Good luck!</p>
<p>if i dont get into my ed school/#1 i really dont know if i will get into the other 2 schools i applied to and i might end up going to a state school. lol my future is very unsure right about now...</p>