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[quote=Anonymous]DD was deferred from her dream school from a strong feeder school to that university. In the scattergram, she falls at the very top of the graph for this school with a 35 ACT and 4.4 GPA. Usually about 4-5 students are admitted to this school every year, and this year there were 2 or maybe 3 who were admitted in the early round (one recruited athlete and two legacy status). We are being told that the university is shifting admitted slots away from early to regular decision this year and she attributes the smaller numbers to that. She expects more regular admissions to follow. Many were denied and a couple other deferrals in her class. Counselor says she is strongest student who was deferred in her class and she has been in contact with the admissions counselor strongly supporting her. FWIW, she has an older brother who attended the school.

She got into another top school which would be absolutely fine and that so many would love to be in her shoes. I am trying to manage expectations, but the counselor is being so positive about her chances that I don't think what I say makes any impact. I've been sending her fun Instagram posts from the other school she was admitted to hoping she will grow to love it.

I don't know what else to do at this point except to support her and help her craft a strong LOCI. This is all new to me. My older child got in the EA round and we were done in December. It is hard to stay positive and manage expectations at the same time. When I look at this situation from a pure numbers standpoint, it seems likely she would get in, but earlier this year, we were told she would get in the early round, and here we are. I am reading that typically about 10-15% of deferrals are ultimately admitted. I guess that is somewhat promising, considering her specific situation.

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