sphoenixee

Yes that's true. I just got deferred, and that's what the dean's letter said-same chance or a bit higher.

jhl

I think they knew they won't have that many regular applicants as all applied SCEA..

caffinefree826

does anybody know how many people applied to Yale RD for the class of 2012? The application deadline is over, so id really like to know how many people I'm competing with, now that ive been deferred... or the total number of people who applied to yale this year is fine.

fhimas88888888

For the class of 2011, 62% of EA-ers were deferred (2208 out of 3541) and since it's unlikely that Yale will change its policy of deferring kids, it's likely that of the 4,888 kids that applied early to Yale for 2012, ~3,050 were deferred. However, keep in mind that while RD-ers have a completely 'clean' application (no one has their apps before, so there adcoms have no preconceptions), deferred applicants have a sort of 'X' over their applications, meaning that it's likely that adcoms will review these apps with slight negative preconceptions. As a result, it's in the applicants' best interest to show that they aren't the same person they were when they applied EA, and that they have something new to bring to the table.

According to a previous poster, Yale deferred 3150 students.

GVR90

lol...there had been a time wen the stars was the limit for me...now i cant see beyond my ceiling!!!!...i think i will be flattered even if yale waitlists me!!!!!!!

kmatimber2

these stats means Yale deffers more EA applicants than the total number of kids they plan to accept from RD. It's upseting that they string so many kids along like that.