What percentage of deferred ED applicants end up getting accepted for Regular?

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<p>I'm contemplating doing ED, but im interested in knowing how many deferred students end up getting in...</p>

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<p>I have a recollection of seeing a number quoted 2-3 years ago in the low single digits. I believe Columbia however does not publish these numbers every year with their admission statistics. </p>

<p>The current admission statistics for the Class of 2011 are here</p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Sorry - need to be more clear - it was a percentage in the low single digits not an absolute number of students</p>

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<p>Oh gosh. So essentially, if i don't get in early, I probably wont get in at all?</p>

<p>Would you recommend doing RD then...?</p>

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<p>^ no, cuz the RD acceptance rate is ALOT lower....</p>

<p>very sorry for hijacking the thread, but can anybody tell me wut percent of ED applicants are deferred? THANKS!</p>

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<p>From the admission stats for the Class of 2011</p>

<p>"33% of the Early Decision applicants were deferred to Regular Decision". </p>

<p>Although the overall admission rate last year was 9.1% for RD alone it was 7%.</p>

<p>These are just statistics - decision whether to apply ED or RD are obviously much more complex and depend upon individual variables.</p>

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<p>sorry to break it to you applicants, but if you can't get in ED, you are all but rejected. if you couldn't make it ED you def wouldn't be able to make it RD unless your stats change or you are in some dimension underrespresented in the RD pool and they need a few like you.</p>

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<p>I believe the official answer is that RD applicants and deferred kids get in at about the same rate. So even if you're rejected for ED, you've still got the same 7% chance as someone who applied RD.</p>

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<p>you know how the colleges all claim that the ED pool is more competitive and that since they're so even-handed, anyone who gets in ED could have gotten in RD and vice versa. doesn't the "deferral" category automatically make that untrue? or do they have some sort of quota for how much of the class can be made up of ED applicants?</p>

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<p>Agree with C2002 and will add that you may even have a slight advantage in the RD round because it's clear the Columbia was your first choice.</p>