<p>within that '90%' I'm sure there were people who just said "f--- that" and didn't bother sending in extra stuff for the RD round</p>
<p>what extra stuff can you send? Another letter? another SAT? once the floodgates open to the 30,000 RD, there is almost no chance</p>
<p>this just blows. defer really sucks. At least I can concentrate on other great schools.</p>
<p>got deferred also. what can i do to boost my chances for RD? penn is still my first choice. is there anything else that i can do except for keep my grades up?</p>
<p>Damn I wish they had just rejected me outright, I need closure!</p>
<p>i'm choosing to look on the bright side. Maybe now they'll give me an interview and my first semester grades pretty much kick ass so its possible. I m the only one from my school left and nobody else will apply so atleast im better off then the 4 rejected dudes. cheer up homies, anything is possible</p>
<p>Czar I'm sorry to hear you didn't get accepted but hey, deferral still has hope! I hope to see you at Penn in the Fall of '08 :D</p>
<p>thanks...i appreciate it. im not giving up without a fight!</p>
<p>deffffeeerrrrrrrred from wharton</p>
<p>So who knows of some concrete things we can do to up our chances at RD? Are there certain steps we should be taking? Appreciate any and all suggestions here!</p>
<p>radyland: where you deferred or rejected? If you were deferred I wish you the best of luck. That goes to everyone else as well.</p>
<p>I really dont know what to think right now.. Deferred Wharton..
Sending my other applications as soon as I can get everything together..
I want to stay hopeful, they did not reject us after all.. there could still be a chance but... I dunno..</p>
<p>my confidence level is pretty low now, i know wharton is perhaps one of the hardest schools to get into in the country, but i cant help but feel that there is a chance that i wont get into any other colleges either.</p>
<p>"I am not sure about Wharton, but for the special programs (Huntsman, M&T) deferring is no big deal since they want the strongest class available and would often defer people in order to take a overall survey of the applications for the year and pick the best."</p>
<p>So I applied to LSM and was deffered. I know the reading process for Vagelos is that your app is read by the program, then if you are rejected it gets sent to your single degree choice. </p>
<p>Can a dual degree program defer you? And if so will it say in your letter? Or are they just going to blanket defer you and figure it out later.</p>
<p>This is very discouraging. I did everything I could do to increase my chances of getting in. And now they hit me with a deferral to Wharton and it just makes me feel like crud and that I won't get into any other school RD. Sigh sucks to be an asian male.</p>
<p>"sucks to be an asian male"</p>
<p>hah yeah i hear you. i'm an asian female who also got deferred.</p>
<p>not that i'm saying that's the only reason. my stats probably could have been higher, although i definitely tried to compensate with teacher recommendations and essays that i/my counselor thought were pretty kickass.</p>
<p>we'll see what happens come spring time. in the meantime i guess i'll focus on other schools...</p>
<p>Deferred to Wharton. The thing is, is that now over a thousand of us are competing for about 200 spots at UPenn in general (who knows how much for Wharton - I'd guess 50 to 100 openings), so I don't know if this thread will yield anybody advice, because everyone's probably in competition mode now. But good luck to all, and I hope to see some of you at Wharton in Fall '08.</p>
<p>not over a thousand. Some may lose hope and find their dream elsewhere.</p>
<p>^ For Class of 2011:</p>
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Total Deferred In December
1,476 (37%)</p>
<p>Deferred Applicants Admitted In April
202 (14%)
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</p>
<p>Penn:</a> Undergraduate Admissions: Statistics for the Class of 2011</p>
<p>looking back at the 2008 decisions thread, there seems to be a thin, almost non-existent difference between the stats of the accepted and the deferred</p>