<p>Post the accepted, deferred and rejected letters!</p>
<p>Dear Hannah,</p>
<p>Congratulations! I am delighted to inform you that you have been admitted to the Class of 2013, the 246th class to enter The College of Brown University. You will be one of 1,485 students who individually and collectively display a remarkable diversity of strengths and interests. You were chosen not only for what you can contribute to our intellectual community, but also for what you will gain from the myriad academic and extracurricular opportunities that distinguish undergraduate education at Brown.</p>
<p>Your official admission decision letter has been mailed to you and I ask that you read it carefully, as it contains more detailed information than is possible for us to provide here. Please remember that as a candidate admitted under an Early Decision plan, you are required to withdraw all other applications and not initiate any new ones.</p>
<p>If you are a candidate for financial aid, information regarding your financial aid award will be included with your official admission decision letter. This information is also available online. We encourage you to contact the Office of Financial Aid with any questions.</p>
<p>We know that this Early Decision admission will not only relieve you of the anxiety of applying to college, but more importantly, it will permit you to focus your efforts on learning for the rest of the year. Please remember that this offer of admission is contingent upon your maintaining an academic and social record at the same level that has brought you admission to Brown at this early date.</p>
<p>On behalf of the Brown faculty and President Ruth Simmons, please accept my congratulations on your admission. Please do not hesitate to write to me if you have any questions that remain after you receive your official decision letter.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>James S. Miller
Dean of Admission</p>
<p>This is the deferral letter:</p>
<p>Dear _______,</p>
<p>After a careful evaluation of your credentials, the Board of Admission has voted to postpone a final decision on your application. During the coming months, we will review the materials you previously submitted as well as any additional credentials you may wish to send to us.</p>
<p>By no means should you interpret the Board's vote to defer your application as a denial of admission. The majority of our Early Decision applicants are neither accepted nor rejected, but deferred; and your application remains under very active consideration. Our decision means that the Board wishes to have additional time to compare your application with those of our Regular Decision applicant pool. You should know that during the past few years the admission rate for students deferred Early Decision has been nearly the same as that for Regular Decision applicants.</p>
<p>Your official admission decision letter has been mailed to you and I ask that you read it carefully, as it contains more detailed information than is possible for us to provide here. If you are an applicant for the Program in Liberal Medical Education, please be aware that this deferral includes your candidacy for that program as well.</p>
<p>It is important for me to reiterate that your application will be considered without prejudice in the spring evaluation of our Regular Decision applicant group, and you will be notified by mail in late March of the Board's final decision. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions or if we may be of assistance to you.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>James S. Miller
Dean of Admission</p>
<p>And here's the trifecta:</p>
<p>Dear _________,</p>
<p>The Board of Admission has completed its evaluation of nearly 2,500 Early Decision applications, and it is with great regret that I must inform you that the Board has voted to deny your application for admission to Brown.</p>
<p>The Early Decision Program was created to give applicants as clear an admission decision as possible early in their senior years, and in time to submit other applications. The fact that your application was denied is not a negative reflection of your talents and accomplishments, but is unfortunately indicative of the reality of the intense competition for admission to the Class of 2013. While each year only 1,485 students enter Brown, we anticipate that more than 20,000 highly qualified students will apply this year. The very real and very sad truth is we find ourselves in the difficult position of being unable to admit a great many of the students we would like to have here.</p>
<p>Your official admission decision letter has been mailed to you. The members of the Board are very aware of the disappointment this letter may bring you and want you to know that they have made every effort to make the same decision on your application in December that they would have made in March. Our Early Decision deliberations reflect our awareness of competition for places in an entering class and our obligation under Early Decision to help students in their transition to college by advising them early - even when the decision may cause unhappiness.</p>
<p>We know that you will have a successful college career and we wish you the best as you pursue your college plans. On behalf of the Board of Admission I want to thank you for taking the time to prepare your application and for your interest in Brown.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>James S. Miller
Dean of Admission</p>
<p>how many do they deferr vs deny?</p>
<p>wow, this is pretty cold.</p>