<p>ckhosa - Last year, my D was devastated when she was deferred from her dream school. She didn’t want to hear any stories about this working out for others and it seems like distraction was the only thing that helped. However, she did expend some energy (a few weeks later) writing a letter about her new accomplishments since her application was sent in, why the school was her dream school, and had an AP teacher send another letter of recommendation (explaining in her letter why she was doing this). The end of the story, however, is this: she was waitlisted at the school in March,but then was accepted in early April (probably after they got some turn-downs). With serious contemplation, she turned them down and went to another school. She is thrilled with her choice and is so happy that she did not accept the dream school. She has friends going there and feels that her final choice was a better fit for her.</p>