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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you receive a decision, would most of you consider a "rolled over to regular decision" answer as a soft rejection?  [/quote]

I think it really can depend on the school whether it's a soft rejection. [/quote]

How do you know it's a soft rejection? [/quote]

I think it’s more likely to be a soft rejections if the kid is a legacy. They don’t like to outright reject legacies and a waitlist is a bit facesaving.

I think schools with high numbers of applications and high yields are less likely to do soft rejections (aside from legacies). I think some also take the ethical position of letting the kid know they have no shot. This frees the kid up for an ED2 without wondering what if. But schools less certain on their numbers are probably more apt to roll kids over. [/quote]

Thanks for responding. When you say "less certain on numbers...more apt to roll kids over," does that mean they are waiting to see what their yield is from the ED1 round and the WLed kid may still have some chance? I think my DC may not ED2 if DC gets WLed at ED1 (not legacy) and will hold out hope in getting in later. I worry that it may be a soft rejection and DC might be losing out when there may be better odds in ED2 at another school than holding out for regular.[/quote]

Not sure it matters to your question but you don't get WL'd from ED1 - you get rejected or deferred.  Deferred just means you are put in the regular applicant pool.  So that is better than WL'd, given that so many schools don't really admit from the WL.  For what it is worth, DC was ED1 at F&M and got deferred to RD.  She got in RD, but by then she had found what she thought was a better fit and went there instead.  I think that was the right choice.  While we are only talking a few months difference, they are important months, especially as they watch their classmates go through the process.  That said, I am not opposed to ED at all so long as  you can afford it.  But lengthening the process (as well as dealing with an ED1 deferral) can have an impact.[/quote]

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