Deferred- Now what to do?

Green99
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:43:29 +0000

If Dartmouth is still your number one choice, then yes, stay on the list.

Don’t contact admissions asking why you were deferred or what you need to do for them to accept you. Instead, I would recommend preparing some additional materials to send them–another recommendation that shows you in a different light, an update on your accomplishments since you were deferred, etc. Not pages and pages of material, but just some things to add to their picture of you as an applicant.

And work on additional applications. I know it can be hard to think about right after getting deferred, but its important to have options come April.