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i just want to get an idea of what happened to people who got Deferred ED or EA, and what you did during hat deferral...

mine is..

-Brown
-ED
-Sent in 1 more rec, raised GPA, jumped 14 spots in class rank, raised ACT score from 30-->35
-Accepted

who's next?

By Chen (Chen) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 12:48 am: Edit

WUSTL
ED II
Sent in a letter. GPA stayed the same, but it was bad in the first place.
Rejected

I wasn't a strong applicant in the first place.

By Jamesah1 (Jamesah1) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 12:51 am: Edit

-Brown
-ED
-Sent in 1 more rec, contacted admissions office twice (one in Dec. to show continued interest and once in late Feb. with an update on awards, new ec's, etc.), got all A's in all AP classes first semester
-Accepted

By Bmilder (Bmilder) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 12:58 am: Edit

Yale
EA
Sent in another rec, sent in updates about awards and activities
Accepted

By Apricot (Apricot) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 01:27 am: Edit

Brown, ED
Maintained 4.3 GPA
Sent in a letter updating them on lead role in play, job as assistant director, academic awards, National Merit Finalist, taking a class from local community college, and recent leadership role in school
Rejected.

My life sucks.

By Upandover (Upandover) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 01:32 am: Edit

Princeton
ED
did nothing.
rejected =)

By Wwoloszyn (Wwoloszyn) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 02:12 am: Edit

Harvard

Sent in additional accomplishments/awards/art - nada.
Wait-listed.

By Jolt21 (Jolt21) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:16 am: Edit

so it looks kind of even right now...how come people say its so much harder to turn a deferral around?

By Soulofheaven8 (Soulofheaven8) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:46 am: Edit

Columbia ED
-Sent in letter, one alumni rec, new essay, 2 articles written for school newspaper, an email updating my regional admissions officer on some development
-raised GPA from 4.81 to 4.89; class rank from 8th to 6th
ACCEPTED

By Nyapplicant (Nyapplicant) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:53 am: Edit

because the sample you have is the top echelon of students, thus subjecting this survey to selection bias. take your high school for example and you'll find that very few deferred students were ultimately accepted.

By Jolt21 (Jolt21) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 10:56 am: Edit

^^^...yes..thank you captain obvious..lol j/p...but i was talking about people on this board anyway, not the total population

By Zzii (Zzii) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:34 am: Edit

Deferred EA at MIT. Sent one additional letter of recommendation and a short letter of my own. Didn't beg or try to show off, just updated them on what I've been doing my senior year. Midyear grades were consistent. Accepted.

By Crnchycereal (Crnchycereal) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 12:02 pm: Edit

Deferred EA at Yale. Sent in a letter concerning my continued interest in attending and updates on awards/accomplishments. Did very well on my mid-year report and maintained a high GPA/rank (#1). Counselor also wrote in again. Rejected.

By Runningwolf (Runningwolf) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 03:27 pm: Edit

Deferred EA at Harvard. Sent in nothing new, but talked to track coach. He wasn't at all interested in me, which was very odd, because I could help their team. I was rejected.

By Cornell_Hopeful (Cornell_Hopeful) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 04:06 pm: Edit

- Cornell
- ED
- ACCEPTED
- Sent them a letter a month about the craziest and quirkiest things and I showed continued interest. My counselor wrote them a letter a month and she called them about once a month too. Personally, I think they accepted me because they didn't want to hear from me anymore. Oh, and I even mentioned in one of my letters that I would be writing them letters until they were "blue in the face" so they better accept me if they didn't want to be bothered by me anymore (haha). And in a moment of "vexation" I said that the dean of admissions was not my favorite person at the moment. I was scared to send it in, but i guess it worked.

By Zzii (Zzii) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 04:28 pm: Edit

Risky, but maybe that's what it takes. My letter (there was only one) was pretty much the opposite, just an update on what I've been doing and I mentioned that I was still very interested in MIT. Although I think my other recommendation was risky enough to make up for it, but I can never know for sure.

By Caliel130 (Caliel130) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 07:03 pm: Edit

Cornell ED Deferral
-raised test scores by about 40 points
-sent in additional rec
-Update about new activities etc
-Kept up class rank (5/166)
-REJECTED- f em, i think im going to be happier elsewhere anyway

By Mr0range (Mr0range) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 07:14 pm: Edit

Princeton
raised my GPA by .1 point, jumped 4 spots
did nothing else
Rejected

By Ctkid (Ctkid) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 08:45 pm: Edit

Notre Dame EA
Sent in letter, sent in new awards, did real well on Midyear report, had people talk to admissions and personally called my admission counselor.
Accepted

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 09:02 pm: Edit

Northeastern University
Sent in two letters of recommendation
Raised my SAT score
Accepted

By Benedwodo (Benedwodo) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 09:18 pm: Edit

princeton
sent updated stuff
sporadically emailed their office
lowered my gpa
rejected to no surprise

By Whywasibanned (Whywasibanned) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:20 pm: Edit

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--
and then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load

Or does it just explode?

By Chasgoose (Chasgoose) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:23 pm: Edit

-Yale
-EA
-Had an alumni interview (I wasn't contacted in the early round), sent a letter to Richard Shaw and my regional rep about how Yale was my first choice and I would almost definitely attend if accepted, my GPA went down (my 1st semester senior year was my worst ever I think like a 3.67 average while my overall went down from a 3.81 to a 3.77), sent in a selection from my senior speech
-Accepted

By Nikdanger (Nikdanger) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:26 pm: Edit

Stanford
EA
Rejected
my grades went down miserably first semester and i talked to an admit person and they said thats why i got rejected, too bad for me

By Nikdanger (Nikdanger) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:26 pm: Edit

Stanford
EA
Rejected
my grades went down miserably first semester and i talked to an admit person and they said thats why i got rejected, too bad for me

By Nikdanger (Nikdanger) on Wednesday, April 07, 2004 - 11:27 pm: Edit

Stanford
EA
Rejected
my grades went down miserably first semester and i talked to an admit person and they said thats why i got rejected, too bad for me

By Chibiutena (Chibiutena) on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 08:44 pm: Edit

U of C
EA
-GPA raised by .1, Rank raised by 10, updated them on new activities/awards.

Rejected. wouldn't even tell me what went wrong.

By Chibiutena (Chibiutena) on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 08:44 pm: Edit

U of C
EA
-GPA raised by .1, Rank raised by 10, updated them on new activities/awards.

Rejected. wouldn't even tell me what went wrong.