<p>Let us assume that 100 students apply EA to UChic. The number of spaces they are reserving is 30. Now, as applications are real-time and not batch processing i.e if they feel ur app is good, they will declare you admitted. So, if the first 30 applicants are excellent…,. they will be declared admitted on the spot (may learn of it later, but in the college.) Now out of the remaining 70, 50 are good enough to get in… but the EA is filled. so… are the remaining 50 applicants, who are good enough deferred for later, because the quota is filled??</p>
<p>-Antarius
I may be so totally off track, but spare me please :D</p>
<p>Well the chances of having thrity perfect applicants in a row is nearly impossible, that’s why most of the time the adcoms wait untilt hey can go into committee and debate teh merits of each applicant. Each year, at every college, there are only a handful of applicants would are auto-admits or auto-rejects, the rest go into committee. At many colleges that’s how it works, even though I’m not sure if it’s that way at Chicago. Also, most apps are read by two admissions counselors and the dean of admissions has to approve that admit before one can be admitted. Thus, your theory or hypothetical situation is close to impossible due to teh nature of the admissions process, which trie to give everyone an equal chance, regardless of if it is read first.</p>
<p>Well, according to EA numbers, and considering your 100 person pool. 35 were accepted, 35 were rejected and 30 were deferred. So basically, 70 people are gone from the applicant. Right?</p>
<p>hmm… I did put some impossible figures there. Lets assume that in the first 50 people, 30 are accepted (as in EA, the average applicant is more first-choice and will not apply for some out-of-chance admission). So lets say 30 were filled within the first 60. Then in the remaining 40… what will happen to the people good enough but cut out? Wont that account for a big % of the deferees?</p>
<p>9039-applied. 3642 accpeted, last year overall. Assume this year then, that 800 were accepted. 800 rejected and 700 deferred. 2300 applications. That would make about 7-8000 more applications coming in regular decision. and about 2500 more people being accepted. Considering deferreds are about 700 of the 8000, and deferreds in RD have a (45-50% shot according to my adcom) then a good number of the deferreds should be accepted. Iono? Makes sense in my head, maybe not typed out.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that UChicago doesn’t have an EA quota (no spaces reserved). But yeah, your theory does explain why many qualified applicants are deferred.</p>
<p>Chicago reads each application at least twice and begins once all have been received. For a look at the process see: <a href=“Loading...”>Loading...;
<p>It is interesting how schools use deferrals. Stanford deferred about 20%, U of C 35%, and Harvard 73%. Each school has its own approach. Stanford and U of C had an increase in EA applicants, Harvard a decrease (not that single year numbers mean much of anything). From Early reports, Stanford admitted about 19%, Harvard 20%, and Chicago 35%.</p>
<p>thanks for the link.
Ria215, I am pretty sure that UChic and every other college has a particular number of students that they will admit. So beyond that… they probably get deferred…</p>