<p>So here it is. The in between. The yes and no all packed into one giant smack in the face. I know how you must feel and it is in some bizarre kind of limbo that the angels in heaven and the demons in hell couldn’t even fathom.</p>
<p>I want this thread to be dedicated to showing Stanford why there were wrong for saying “Maybe…” </p>
<p>I want ideas for putting our passions for Stanford out there, deferral tips, and coping with the hiatus until April. </p>
<p>My congratulations to those accepted and my condolences to those rejected.</p>
<p>I got deferred, and I gotta say, it’s a bit of a weird feeling. I was expecting to feel all this anticipation lifted and the anxiety removed, but it’s still there. If anything, it’s an incredible sense of uncertainty. Something about me caught their eye enough to not reject me, but it’s disheartening when they say that only ten percent of deferred candidates ever end up getting in, and how they say, “while we certainly hope that your interest in Stanford continues, we advise you to pursue other college alternatives as well.” I can’t really tell whether it’s a good or bad thing. Are they just carrying out the anticipation to inevitable rejection, or do we really have a shot?</p>
<p>Either way, congrats to those who got in, and to those who didn’t, don’t worry. At least your minds are at ease and you can continue your college search in other directions without any reservations.</p>
<p>I got deferred! I’m actually quite surprised that I didn’t get rejected automatically, but it kinda sucks that I have to wait until April to probably hear that I got rejected. I don’t know what to expect, because I applied thinking that I didn’t have that much to lose and it wouldn’t hurt to take a chance. Seeing the acceptance rate for deferred applicants makes me think it’ll be just like going through the regular decision process except that it will be harder because the people you will be mostly compared to also applied and didnt get rejected right away. Well at least I can say that I didn’t immediately get rejected if it doesn’t end up working out…</p>
<p>Well, when I read the letter, I felt as unemotional as the tone of the letter. While I’m not very excited about waiting another four months for a decision, I am certainly happier to wait those four months knowing that there’s still hope than to have been flat-out rejected ([aside] To everyone who was rejected, I can’t imagine how it feels but I do truly wish you the best of luck in the future [we read Hamlet in English this year…]). I know that 10% acceptance for deferrees (sp?/word?) is incredibly daunting, it is still better than the 6.77% chance that everyone else has (<a href=“http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/[/url]”>http://www.hernandezcollegeconsulting.com/ivy-league-admissions-statistics/</a>). So everyone who was deferred, I know that it sucks, but we should keep our heads up and stay positive for the time ahead. The fact that we were part of the small group that Stanford actually defers should make you, at least a little, more confident for other applications in the future. Enjoy your winter break/christmas/hanukkah/all other holidays coming up and I’ll see you all in March, because I’ll go crazy if I’m on this site anticipating decisions for four more months.</p>
<p>Guys, in addition to the appeal of getting an early decision, consider how attractive EA is to applicants. An EA program attracts all the top applicants and because there are relatively few EA programs, you wind up in a densely-packed field of very, very high stats. The RD decisions will be among applicant pools with fewer extreme outliers. My D got deferred from Georgetown two years ago and wound up at Harvard. Keep your spirits up and keep moving on. If you were strong enough to get deferred in Stanford’s EA pool, you’ll wind up somewhere fabulous.</p>
<p>CollegeAddiction, I have no concrete source, but in past years, people have said somewhere around ten percent of SCEAers are deferred. This was when the early acceptance rate was somewhere around 15-16%. Now that it’s lower (13% last year, probably close to that this year), I’m not sure if deferrals have decreased or increased.</p>
<p>Being deferred is not very fun. I’m still kind of in a daze and really don’t know where to go from here. I guess we all have four more months of working our butts off and hoping it pays off.</p>
<p>Hi everyone! I also got deferred, and am glad they notified us early. I wasn’t expecting my decision until Tuesday, so when I got home I casually checked my email and saw my decision as opposed to checking it and waiting with baited breath. Anyway, I have a feeling about 60-70 of us were deferred (which would be about 10% of the SCEA applicant pool), and when I think the admissions officers will spend more time on our apps kinda makes me feel better. Also, since Stanford is only accepting about 1700 students this year, I calculated that they’ve already filled about 44% of those places with people from our pool. Which could be a bad thing or a good thing, depending on how you look at it. I mean, yes, that means they won’t be able to accept as many people, but then again, that probably means our pool as a whole is more competitive than the RD pool. But I’m just wondering why only 10% of deferred students eventuall%y get offered admission, since I’ve heard that percentage is much higher at Yale (about 23 or something) and at other schools.
Alrighty, well I’m looking forward to getting to know you all in the coming months! :D</p>
<p>damn it. I knew from the beginning that I would either get accepted outright or rejected at some point- now that I’ve been deferred, I think my chances are very slim. There are some VERY VERY competitive girls at my school who do it all and love Stanford and it’s their first choice (I’m not positive why they didn’t apply SCEA). But I thought I would have an edge over them by applying to Stanford early. Don’t get me wrong, I’m competitive too (top 2% of a big public HS, lots of strong leadership, and I’m a state-champion in tennis and a legacy), but I’m not these girls. They’re both ranked higher than me with higher test scores and more leadership and yada yada (I actually sorta dislike them because they’re so damn competitive and they do everything so it looks good on a college resume). But now that I’m in the same pile as them, my edge has basically been swiped from under my feet. I think it’s very unlikely I’ll get into my dream school now</p>
<p>i wasn’t expecting it… i had a whole conversation with my friends about whether i should check it before or after work and i was preparing for all this drama and this fiasco about it…
my friend was telling me about how he was on collegeconfidential reading about MIT and i was bored so i decided to check…
i glimpsed all the threads about admits and rejects of the class of 2014 and i was extremely confused…</p>
<p>i decided to check my email thinking they’d send instructions or something like cornell did for others. i saw there was as email, opened it and… i haven’t stopped crying since.</p>
<p>i join all of you miserable anxiety… and i hope we won’t have to go through that agonizing pain of rejection after a long wait. the only thing im clinging on to at the moment is… it’s not a no.
and so we wait.</p>