DS Was Deferred At All Early Action

[Anonymous]

I'm worried. Any tales of getting deferred and then getting in to ease my mind?

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry. This is hard. Yes mine was deferred ED last year and accepted RD. Other RDs and EAs came back positively too. Keeping you in my prayrers

[Anonymous]

although it will work better if I spell prayers correctly

[Anonymous]

How many did he apply?

[Anonymous]

What was the selectivity of the schools?

[Anonymous]

DS was deferred to his favorite school, a reach that is unlikely to accept him, and accepted to a safety. Waiting on other EA and RDs.

Best of luck to all!!!

[Anonymous]

I don't want to discourage you, but last year any school my DD was deferred from she wound up getting waitlisted. Just have back ups. Luckily it all worked out and she is now going to a T15 school she didn't even want to go to originally but she now loves it. It will all work out.

[Anonymous]

My current senior DC has 7 deferrals. I keep telling him they will likely all be WL or rejections. Every single deferral my older 2 kids had were WL or rejection in RD. Not ONE turned into an acceptance. YMMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My current senior DC has 7 deferrals. I keep telling him they will likely all be WL or rejections. Every single deferral my older 2 kids had were WL or rejection in RD. Not ONE turned into an acceptance. YMMV

what do you do when this happens?

What are the alternative paths?

I'm getting nervous.

My kid is a very high stats (good e.c. not spectacular), so maybe my nervousness is unfounded, but I just feel like it's all a lottery these days.

DC did EA to flagships like Michigan, Chicago, etc. and RD to few elite ones like Stanford. I'm not holding my breath for the elite ones, but I am not even sure about the top publics now.

Am I being ridiculous? First kid to go to college. I went to a no-name state u.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My current senior DC has 7 deferrals. I keep telling him they will likely all be WL or rejections. Every single deferral my older 2 kids had were WL or rejection in RD. Not ONE turned into an acceptance. YMMV

what do you do when this happens?

What are the alternative paths?

I'm getting nervous.

My kid is a very high stats (good e.c. not spectacular), so maybe my nervousness is unfounded, but I just feel like it's all a lottery these days.

DC did EA to flagships like Michigan, Chicago, etc. and RD to few elite ones like Stanford. I'm not holding my breath for the elite ones, but I am not even sure about the top publics now.

Am I being ridiculous? First kid to go to college. I went to a no-name state u.

Ummm...Michigan and Chicago, etc. are Elite schools as well. If your list only includes Standfor, Michigan, Chicago and the likes, that might be an issue. There are no targets/true safeties in those lists...and that will set you up for disappointment

[Anonymous]

This is my third kid thru the process since 2019-20. It's been rough every year. 2022 DD very high stats applied widely only got into 2 schools out of 13. This year already DS denied ED and deferred one EA. It will work out but I find it quite stressful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My current senior DC has 7 deferrals. I keep telling him they will likely all be WL or rejections. Every single deferral my older 2 kids had were WL or rejection in RD. Not ONE turned into an acceptance. YMMV

what do you do when this happens?

What are the alternative paths?

I'm getting nervous.

My kid is a very high stats (good e.c. not spectacular), so maybe my nervousness is unfounded, but I just feel like it's all a lottery these days.

DC did EA to flagships like Michigan, Chicago, etc. and RD to few elite ones like Stanford. I'm not holding my breath for the elite ones, but I am not even sure about the top publics now.

Am I being ridiculous? First kid to go to college. I went to a no-name state u.

The three schools you named are all difficult to get into, considered reaches for all students. Presumably he also applied to some like-lies and matches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried. Any tales of getting deferred and then getting in to ease my mind?

How many RD applications?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried. Any tales of getting deferred and then getting in to ease my mind?

So was my daughter, a few years ago. She was... distraught. Got into UVA (out of state) and never looked back. It will all work out for your son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so sorry. This is hard. Yes mine was deferred ED last year and accepted RD. Other RDs and EAs came back positively too. Keeping you in my prayrers

PP here. High stats kid. Ultimately accepted in RD to top 15 school. Had a mix of acceptances, deferrals, denials. Applied to a dozen schools. Had a balanced list of reaches, targets, safeties (list was reach heavy but had all 3 bases covered). The deferrals and denials sting - but grateful for the acceptances. Acceptances ran the gamut from safeties to reaches. Was ready to accept one of those until RD acceptance came through. Important to have a balanced, realistic list, as much as possible. It's so important. I wish you all the best. Please keep us posted. You will be okay.