<p>well, what would be my chances during regular admissions if I were deferred? Would it be better than the statistical average? lower? does Uchicago defer most students it doesn't accept or does it deny them?</p>
<p>I don't think the numbers to prove this exist, but I'm willing to bet a lot of money that the acceptance rate for deferrals from EA is significantly higher than the acceptance rate for the rest of the RD applicants. And I think all colleges with an early response plan defer all students it doesn't accept or reject.</p>
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<p>I think they do. They really have no other choice.:)</p>
<p>What percentage of EA applicants do they actually defer?</p>
<p>Last year, they said that they deferred more EA applicants than they accepted for the first time in anyone's memory. They accepted about 32% of the EA applicants last year; in the two prior years it had been around 40%, and before that close to 50%. So that suggests that they generally defer at least 33-40% at the EA stage. I think it's at the high end of that, or even a bit higher last year. Outright rejections at the EA stage aren't unheard of, but seem to be a lot less common than deferrals. I have in my mind that I have seen some data that suggests that EA rejections have been around 15%-20% in the past, although I don't know where or what that data was. If that's true, and doesn't change significantly, it would mean that a little more or less than half of the EA applications would likely get deferred.</p>