Anyone else getting lots of deferrals?

[Anonymous]

5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Four acceptances, including to two top engineering schools. The two others were safeties
2. One deferral
3. One rejection
4. One odd deferral (it said no for freshman year but guaranteed admission sophomore year if maintain a B average in first year at another school). Had never heard of this before.

Was the "odd deferral" from Cornell University ? If so, Cornell has been issuing these for many decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Four acceptances, including to two top engineering schools. The two others were safeties
2. One deferral
3. One rejection
4. One odd deferral (it said no for freshman year but guaranteed admission sophomore year if maintain a B average in first year at another school). Had never heard of this before.

Was the "odd deferral" from Cornell University ? If so, Cornell has been issuing these for many decades.

Could be Georgia Tech, that’s where my child got it. Their response:

2 deferrals
Arts and Sciences Guaranteed Transfer GT
2 rejections (from highest reaches’)
1 acceptance

Still waiting to hear from 6 schools, which thankfully mostly mix of targets and
Ikelies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

That's stressful! Why do you think safeties deferred? Did your kids customize their essays to each college? I know people say it doesn't matter, but I think it does. An admissions officer will have a much harder time deferring a high-stats kid (relative to the college's stats) if the essay mentions the college by name and says something thoughtful and positive about it.

[Anonymous]

The big state schools deferred the vast majority of out of state applicants this year

[Anonymous]

DS has weird stats: solid test scores (1540 SAT), crappy GPA (3.0), middling extracurriculars (1 state level science honor, 2 sports, a few clubs, 3 leadership positions)

He is applying up and down the rankings because his stats don't match up anywhere.

He was deferred from Reed College on ED1. That was always going to be a "no" because they are test blind and his GPA sucks, but he insisted so I let him.

He has been accepted with some merit aid at New College of Florida, Knox College, Kalamazoo College, Augustana College, and Monmouth College.

We are waiting on Colorado College (ED2), Macalester College, Oberlin College, Bard College, Rhodes College, Whitman College, Unviersity of Puget Sound, and Lewis and Clark College.

[Anonymous]

Very high stats applying to CS
4 acceptances (rank 30-60) some merits
2 deferrals (rank 25-50)
6 unknown RD (rank top 25)
0 rejection

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Four acceptances, including to two top engineering schools. The two others were safeties
2. One deferral
3. One rejection
4. One odd deferral (it said no for freshman year but guaranteed admission sophomore year if maintain a B average in first year at another school). Had never heard of this before.

I know someone who also had the scenario of #4. It was called a "guaranteed transfer"

This would annoy me. It must make business sense to the school, but it is really jerking around a young person trying to adjust to a new community.

My kid rejected a school that eventually took her off the wait list, because she had mentally warmed up to the school she accepted (by the acceptance deadline). Plus, she did not appreciate the way the Waitlist school had treated her (i.e., pressuring her to make a quick decision, with no opportunity to attend Admitted Students Day, for example)

GTOs = guaranteed transfer option. In my experience, they are a blessing. I am familiar with many who received "conditional offers of admission" to Cornell University and to Georgia Tech.

Several holding Cornell GTOs attended my LAC. Got the best of both worlds. Avoided large intro classes at Cornell while enjoying an easy transition from high school to college. Made attending an LAC exciting.

The Georgia Tech conditional offers require students to take & pass specific courses. Benefited these students as they could adjust without dealing with the intense competition at Georgia Tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Four acceptances, including to two top engineering schools. The two others were safeties
2. One deferral
3. One rejection
4. One odd deferral (it said no for freshman year but guaranteed admission sophomore year if maintain a B average in first year at another school). Had never heard of this before.

I know someone who also had the scenario of #4. It was called a "guaranteed transfer"

This would annoy me. It must make business sense to the school, but it is really jerking around a young person trying to adjust to a new community.

My kid rejected a school that eventually took her off the wait list, because she had mentally warmed up to the school she accepted (by the acceptance deadline). Plus, she did not appreciate the way the Waitlist school had treated her (i.e., pressuring her to make a quick decision, with no opportunity to attend Admitted Students Day, for example)

I guess that makes sense. I just think it would be hard to make friends twice. Move to a new campus, twice. And if you liked the first school, wouldn't it be hard to take the risk of moving to the second?

GTOs = guaranteed transfer option. In my experience, they are a blessing. I am familiar with many who received "conditional offers of admission" to Cornell University and to Georgia Tech.

Several holding Cornell GTOs attended my LAC. Got the best of both worlds. Avoided large intro classes at Cornell while enjoying an easy transition from high school to college. Made attending an LAC exciting.

The Georgia Tech conditional offers require students to take & pass specific courses. Benefited these students as they could adjust without dealing with the intense competition at Georgia Tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

My DD and most of her friends applied to a rolling safety to avoid this. You hve amazing composure about this and I admire that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

My DD and most of her friends applied to a rolling safety to avoid this. You hve amazing composure about this and I admire that.

I don’t get the “which I would hate for her to go to” attitude. Why did she apply to these schools if you hate them?? Surely you could find a likely that the parents are excited to pay for!!

[Anonymous]

3 acceptances (2 safeties, 1 target)
2 rejections (both reaches)
3 deferrals (2 targets, 1 safety)

4 RD outstanding (2 reach, 1 target, 1 safety)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

Which schools turned into acceptances after deferrals?

[Anonymous]

3 deferrals (2 private and UVA). NOW 7 plus 1 likely (WM postcard) RD. 4 acceptances (OOS flagships).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5 deferrals
0 rejections
0 acceptances

Deferrals from two safeties, two matches, one reach. Not feeling great but pretty hopeful that at least one of the deferrals will be an acceptance. Has another 8 apps out in RD round, two are safeties--which I would hate for her to go to. My 2021 kid had 6 deferrals and no acceptances at this point as well, and 4 of the 6 were acceptances in RD, the other two were waitlists. I think it will be fine, but also think my kid is one of very few with no safety acceptances at least at this point.

That's stressful! Why do you think safeties deferred? Did your kids customize their essays to each college? I know people say it doesn't matter, but I think it does. An admissions officer will have a much harder time deferring a high-stats kid (relative to the college's stats) if the essay mentions the college by name and says something thoughtful and positive about it.

Isn't that what the college-specific essays are for?