<p>Guess not. I can't imagine what factor may have been so lacking in him. Huh.</p>
<p>If he was deferred, then he is now a shoo-in as long as his grades were above average (That's 3.something at least, and apparently the SAT is OK). Ditto the rest of these places. But if he was rejected...ah, therein lies the problem.</p>
<p>Costas made it seem like he was flat-out rejected...and because of that, I have to say I was rather shocked and appalled when he asked the dean to reconsider the application...simply because it can't ethically be done. Otherwise, as others have noted, all rejected SCEA applicants would have to be looked over again during regular admission...and I'm sure of all people, Joey Cheek would appreciate the level of fairness that would be inherent in that. After all, what if others have amazing things to add to their applications? Granted, I can't think of anything right now...but we who aspire to Harvard surely can deal in abstractions.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my mother says, "They'll do whatever they want." Apparently she thinks the Harvard admissions committee doesn't care about the argument above.</p>