Should students expect a lot of deferrals this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I imagine it's super school dependent but do many kids get outright rejected from EA or ED or is it more deferrals at this stage of the application process?

Depends entirely on school. Deferrals have been common since Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but there will be fewer applications this year unless kids increase the number of schools where they apply. The population begins to decrease with this class.

The population decrease this year has been oversold. It's just back to where it was in 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but there will be fewer applications this year unless kids increase the number of schools where they apply. The population begins to decrease with this class.

The population decrease this year has been oversold. It's just back to where it was in 2024.

It will look and feel the same as last year.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know about ed - Isn’t a deferral essentially rejection anyway? - but I’m expecting my kid to getting deferred on all ea’s except their safeties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but there will be fewer applications this year unless kids increase the number of schools where they apply. The population begins to decrease with this class.

The population decrease this year has been oversold. It's just back to where it was in 2024.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about ed - Isn’t a deferral essentially rejection anyway? - but I’m expecting my kid to getting deferred on all ea’s except their safeties.

No, it isn’t a rejection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised by some of the kids deferred by Wake this fall. Naviance scattergrams suggested admission.

Also this year is barely smaller than last year’s.

At my DC’s private, class of 2026 is 10% smaller than 2025 & 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about ed - Isn’t a deferral essentially rejection anyway? - but I’m expecting my kid to getting deferred on all ea’s except their safeties.

Don't the deferrals get an advocacy call? Counselor will make you choose one deferral only. Often they got in after the advocacy call.

[Anonymous]

Will depend how far the kid reaches, obviously. Some people way overplay their hand.

[Anonymous]

Funding collapse is affecting grad students, may effect undergrads too, at least if not full pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funding collapse is affecting grad students, may effect undergrads too, at least if not full pay.

How is it affecting grad students?

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of deferrals every year.

[Anonymous]

Deferrals come when your kid applies to an oversubscribed major and/or does not quite meet what the stats threshold they are looking for

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been surprised by some of the kids deferred by Wake this fall. Naviance scattergrams suggested admission.

Also this year is barely smaller than last year’s.

At my DC’s private, class of 2026 is 10% smaller than 2025 & 2024.

That says more about the desirablity of your private than the demographics of the class of 2026. Our school caps enrollment at a certain number and all classes currently in the upper school are that size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Deferrals come when your kid applies to an oversubscribed major and/or does not quite meet what the stats threshold they are looking for

This isn’t true. Deferral means your kid is qualified for admission but they want to compare to RD applicants.