<p>CC posts referring to RD success of EA deferred applicants:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5070899-post4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5070899-post4.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5071820-post8.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5071820-post8.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5072514-post10.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/5072514-post10.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/277932-accepted-after-deferral.html?highlight=deferral+letter#post3355503[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/277932-accepted-after-deferral.html?highlight=deferral+letter#post3355503</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/559114-post27.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/559114-post27.html</a></p>
<p>Most of these statistics appear to come out of the deferral letter sent by Yale, although a newspaper article is cited in one case.</p>
<p>Bottom line: odds are still relatively good compared to the RD field as a whole, which was 5.6% last year. Indeed, the rate of RD acceptance when EA deferred applicants are removed is certainly even lower than that.</p>