Early Action Students: Did anyone withdraw their application after being deferred

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>I decided to withdraw my application after I was accepted ED II to Washington University in St. Louis. I am sorry to say, but after being deferred EA to Yale, I questioned whether I truly wanted to be part of a school that didn’t necessarily want me to be part of its community. Did anyone one else feel the same?</p>

<p>Stats</p>

<p>1410 SAT (720M 690V)
A+ Average uw @ very competative NY HS
Cystic Fibrosis Research @ Yale Medical School
Letter of Recommendation from Professor at Yale
Sister is currently attending Yale
Captain of XC, and Track Teams- 4:30 mile, 2:04 800m
Will have taken 7 APs by end of HS</p>

<p>Good luck to all RD applicants!!!</p>

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<p>it doesnt mean they dont want u…</p>

<p>i would just stick it out =D u have nothing to lose by letting it just go thru?</p>

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<p>well ED II is binding so yea he has to withdraw.
WUSTL is a great school though, good luck!</p>

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<p>Being deferred doesn’t mean they don’t want you at all… a relatively large number of deferred EA candidates get in during regular decision. But you’ll have fun at WUStl, it’s one of the best non-Ivy schools these days. The acceptance rate at WUStl has fallen from 70% in the 1990s to like 25% today, so it was very competitive for you to get in.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys- yes, the undergraduate admissions rate for Wash U is expected to drop from 20% last year to around 18% this year. So, I am definitely excited about attending such a competative college. And I didn’t mean to imply that Yale didn’t want me, however, it is hard to stay in a college that at the same time isn’t sure whether or not it wants me. Good luck to all those who stuck it out as well as you RD applicants!</p>

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<p>Is this true? I thought it was about 10% max for the people deferred into ED.
What % do you think the admit rate is?</p>

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<p>Yale’s acceptance rate during Regular Decision last year was 13-14% for those who had originally applied Early Action and were deferred, versus roughly half of that, 6-7%, for those applying Regular Decision for the first time.</p>

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<p>For 2008, there were, reportedly, 3,965 completed EA apps, 671 admits, 1735 deferreds, and 1,559 rejected.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.yale.edu/asc/newsletter/winter_2003.pdf[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/asc/newsletter/winter_2003.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Of the 1735 deferreds, 249 were admitted later in the RD round, meaning that there were 1,038 “true” RD admits. (Of course this assumes that all deferreds agreed to remain on the list, which may not have been the case.)</p>

<p>This translates to a minimum 16.9% admit rate for “initial” EA applicants, a 14.4% admit rate for the deferreds, or - looked at another way - an eventual, overall 23.2% admit rate for those who applied EA. (Comparable rate at Harvard: 26.7%)</p>

<p>For 2009, there were 3,892 completed EA apps, 704 admits, 1876 deferreds, and 1,312 rejected.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.yale.edu/asc/newsletter/winter_2005.pdf[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/asc/newsletter/winter_2005.pdf&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>It seems that since - </p>

<p>(1) there were more “initial” EA admits for 2009, and
(2) a smaller number of seats remain for the RD/EA deferreds in consequence, and
(3) there are more deferreds than last year. that
(4) the absolute number and % admitted from the EA deferred pool should be smaller than for the Class of 2008, unless the ratio of deferred admits to “true” RD admits is altered.</p>

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<p>Another accurate analysis and valuable post by Byerly.</p>

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<p>College5812,
Being deferred can leave a sour taste in the mouth, by any school. Kind of like proposing to someone and having them hem and haw for six months. Nice to be wanted elsewhere!</p>

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<p>This is why some people ask not to be considered after deferral, and others decline a place on a waitlist. Usually, of course, they do so because they are pursuing more promising alternatives, and may, in the meantime, have gained admission elsewhere.</p>

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<p>I can understand withdrawing if you have a better acceptance or binding acceptance elsewhere. But withdrawing because of a “sour taste” seems absurd and immature. You have already applied and paid - and you have a better chance to be accepted in the RD round. It is a illogical response to throw away that effort/money/dream because your ego is offended that they didn’t take your royalty on the first look. This is your (only) shot at choosing a school, wouldn’t it be better to have as many options as possible?</p>

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<p>Yep… 20 years after you went to a lesser school because your ego was hurt, you might say “I wonder if I could have gotten into Yale if I had waited it out”.</p>

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<p>Well, presumably 98.6% of deferrees have bruised egos, and most do stick with it. Perhaps those who withdraw at that stage had a relatively low commitment level to begin with, so that the deferral was sort of a “straw that broke the camel’s back” kind of thing.</p>

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<p>You will LOVE Washington University!!! Look at: studentreview.com
Notice what the kids say about Yale and Wash U???</p>

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<p>oops…I meant: <a href=“http://www.studentsreview.com%5B/url%5D”>www.studentsreview.com</a></p>

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<p>In general, it pays to stay on the list and take a chance at HYP… while students may be generally unhappy at MIT and Harvard and Chicago, they are generally very happy at Yale and Stanford and Princeton.</p>

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<p>Who is comparing colleges-not me? Looks like you are…</p>

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<p>WU-St.L. is a fine school, no worries. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks, I just wanted to support College 5812 Wash U decision…</p>