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I think because the odds are never great, and a deferral seems to slightly raise your chances in rd. [/quote]

FWIW, our DCs college counselor said that deferred kids go to the bottom of the pile in RD because the AOs are focused on reading all of the RD applications. With the increases in applications, there is a chance the AOs simply won't get back to looking at the applications of the deferred kids. Anything a student can do to get their application reread is helpful. 
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Don’t think this is true. Know three Princeton deferrals who then got in RD in the last two years. They were the only admits from their schools, I think. Counselor said deferred get in at a slightly higher rate than regular rd [/quote]

+1  It is completely garbage for a college counselor to say that a deferred SCEA applicant won't get admitted.    Most SCEA applicants are deferred, and yes some get in RD.   Just because you paid someone $10K to be a college counselor, doesn't mean that know what they're doing.[/quote]

If you have a bright kid, I think it's an incredibly dumb strategy to rely on a SCEA deferral and hope and pray.

These are smart and talented students. They have good options regardless. Betting everything on an early admission to Princeton is reflective of a gambling problem. [/quote]

Who is relying on an SCEA deferral?  Are you saying that the applicant is only applying to a single school?  Very few students do that.  Someone posted that their college counselor said that all deferred SCEA applicants are put to the bottom of the pile and won't get in RD.  That's simply untrue, and yes, it's garbage advice.[/quote]

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