<p>I applied ED and got deferred, which is definitely better than being rejected outright, but I still feel like I won't be getting in come Spring. I looked it up a little online but couldn't find any strong facts/figures on the matter. Does anyone know what the acceptance rate of deferred students is?
It is a good thing, right? Or is it just the college playing games with me?</p>
<p>I got accepted, but I’m interested in knowing this too. Anyone?</p>
<p>I was also deferred. Honestly, I feel like the college is playing games with us. I feel like there’s no chance even though our email said admission rates comparable to overall regular decision statistics. When I did my research, I found it is typically 50 out of the 675-700 deferred applicants who gain admission in the regular pool. That puts the number under 10& and I don’t feel like taking out a calculator, but I’m sure it is very close to the regular rate. Best of luck in the regular pool…</p>
<p>since Columbia seems to defer a lot of applicants, i imagine it is really low.</p>
<p>Columbia is not playing games with you. You got deferred because they are giving you a second chance. You should be happy. If they were to give a definitive decision, it would have been no. They are allowing you an extra semester to pick up your grades or boost your ECs or whatever it takes to get in. There is no statistic that will represent your likelihood of getting in come RD time. It’s whatever you put into it.</p>
<p>Guys, really? One of the best universities in the world is giving us a second chance; stop looking the gift-horse in the mouth.</p>
<p>They do take up to the January SAT for deferred applicants, right?</p>
<p>Deferred applicants typically have an acceptance rate on par with the rest of the RD applicant pool. I have several friends here who were deferred in ED. I know its an infuriatingly anticlimactic response, but being deferred is certainly not the end of the road! </p>
<p>What is important now is simply conveying your continued interest in Columbia. All of my friends who ultimately got accepted after being deferred said that they ensured the admissions office that Columbia was still their #1 choice. Send a letter, send an email, just make contact with the admissions office a second time to give them something new.</p>
<p>Pretty low. Lower than the RD rate, which was 5.4% last year.</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much. Very useful information.</p>
<p>Does anybody know if our applications will be reviewed anew next year together with the regular applications, or reviewed separately?</p>
<p>@xxxamazexxx I think our applications will be reviewed together with regular applications, since we are “deferred to be considered in the regular pool”.</p>
<p>They’ll be reviewed alongside RD. The whole point of deferral is to put you on the shelf so you can be accepted if there aren’t enough RD applicants with a certain skill. If you’re deferred, it’s unlikely you’ll be accepted, but certainly not impossible. It all depends on the RD pool.</p>
<p>@pwoods Wow, that makes me sad… But anyway there’s still a slight chance…</p>
<p>In some cases, colleges might have deferred you simply because they want you to provide more information. They want to know more about you! So it would definitely increase your chances to submit any new awards/honors, internship research paper, competitions, or higher SAT scores.</p>