<p>I’m virtually 100% sure as to why I was deferred. Despite having perfect grades and SAT/SAT II/AP scores, I really don’t think that I demonstrated my interest that well.</p>
<p>First of all, I spent all of 30 seconds writing a fairly generic answer for the “Why Yale” question on the supplement. Second, when my interviewer asked me where I would go if I got into all of the colleges that I was applying to, I told her (truthfully yet rather idiotically) that I’d have to wait and see where I felt most comfortable. Third, my parents went to Princeton and Harvard…</p>
<p>Do you guys know if demonstrated interest plays THAT great a role?</p>