Anonymous
12/21/2025 15:34
Subject: Re:T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ huh? You get a transfer offer before applying?
DP. Cornell gives transfer offers to the wait list applicants it would be interested in seeing as sophomores. Cornell is more transfer student friendly than other Ivies. Transfer offer policies vary by college within Cornell.
This is also relatively rare from what I can tell.
If you’re sitting from the vantage point as a random parent in the DMV, then perhaps this is rare. But if you’re a student at Cornell, it’s not rare at all. You’d know many transfer students.
As PP noted, the transfer option is offered differently depending on the school within Cornell. CALS offers over 100 right on Ivy Day while COE offers none. Others such as Dyson and Nolan offer to some waitlisted students at the end of June.
This past fall, Cornell welcomed 639 transfer students. Not all were TO students, but the overwhelming majority were. https://irp.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions/fall-transfer-admissions
I was referring to transfer option from the waitlist
Anonymous
12/21/2025 15:14
Subject: Re:T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ huh? You get a transfer offer before applying?
DP. Cornell gives transfer offers to the wait list applicants it would be interested in seeing as sophomores. Cornell is more transfer student friendly than other Ivies. Transfer offer policies vary by college within Cornell.
This is also relatively rare from what I can tell.
If you’re sitting from the vantage point as a random parent in the DMV, then perhaps this is rare. But if you’re a student at Cornell, it’s not rare at all. You’d know many transfer students.
As PP noted, the transfer option is offered differently depending on the school within Cornell. CALS offers over 100 right on Ivy Day while COE offers none. Others such as Dyson and Nolan offer to some waitlisted students at the end of June.
This past fall, Cornell welcomed 639 transfer students. Not all were TO students, but the overwhelming majority were. https://irp.cornell.edu/university-factbook/undergraduate-admissions/fall-transfer-admissions
Anonymous
12/21/2025 14:28
Subject: T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:I'm so sorry, but my kid tried SCEA/REa for Princeton. Deferred/waitlisted. And on Ivy day, waitlisted for every Ivy school he had applied to. and not one of his friends in his small private got in RED.
Lol of course they didn’t small private to Princeton hahaha especially if it was religious
Anonymous
12/21/2025 14:27
Subject: Re:T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This year many schools took fewer kids than past years ED, even at some schools where application numbers were up.
That means they rejected more earlier (at the schools that don’t defer everyone) so chances are better than past years. But- manage expectations and tell kid it’s unlikely and try to get excited about other schools.
I had a defer at Georgetown, accepted RD in 2024. Then- WL to accepted at 2 Ivies and Hopkins mid-May.
It was long and drawn out and I was hoping we would avoid it with my current senior. But, alas, they received an ED deferral. Deferral is like sitting in purgatory- lol
Which schools? I haven’t heard this.
NP. UVA had more in state ED apps but took fewer than last year.
Anonymous
12/21/2025 13:46
Subject: Re:T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^ huh? You get a transfer offer before applying?
DP. Cornell gives transfer offers to the wait list applicants it would be interested in seeing as sophomores. Cornell is more transfer student friendly than other Ivies. Transfer offer policies vary by college within Cornell.
This is also relatively rare from what I can tell.
Anonymous
12/21/2025 13:02
Subject: T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When you apply ED you're telling a school that you're a sure thing...that you'll 100% show up. That is gold to schools and their obsession with yield. So when they defer you and go with the unknown "door B" of regular decision kids they're making it quite loud and clear that they're not interested in you. Which is why the admit rate after deferrals for top 20 schools is like 2-5%.
Believe them when they send this message cause they'll happily string you on for 8 more months "just in case" (ie they lose enough of the students they really want).
Admit rate for EA deferrals to some T20s can be as high as 15%. And that depends on how you stack up against the other deferrals.
Which schools?
Stanford and Vandy. They defer very few, and admit rate from the deferral is in the teens. For these two, I wouldn't give up hope.
I wonder what the admit rate for Michigan ED deferrals will be this year. It seems like everyone was deferred.
Anonymous
12/21/2025 13:02
Subject: Re:T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:^ huh? You get a transfer offer before applying?
DP. Cornell gives transfer offers to the wait list applicants it would be interested in seeing as sophomores. Cornell is more transfer student friendly than other Ivies. Transfer offer policies vary by college within Cornell.
Anonymous
12/21/2025 13:01
Subject: T20 deferred, then waitlisted, then accepted- happy ending
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When you apply ED you're telling a school that you're a sure thing...that you'll 100% show up. That is gold to schools and their obsession with yield. So when they defer you and go with the unknown "door B" of regular decision kids they're making it quite loud and clear that they're not interested in you. Which is why the admit rate after deferrals for top 20 schools is like 2-5%.
Believe them when they send this message cause they'll happily string you on for 8 more months "just in case" (ie they lose enough of the students they really want).
Admit rate for EA deferrals to some T20s can be as high as 15%. And that depends on how you stack up against the other deferrals.
Which schools?
Stanford and Vandy. They defer very few, and admit rate from the deferral is in the teens. For these two, I wouldn't give up hope.