<p>I got in!!! And like several of us, I was expecting a blue envelope, so I was a little nervous at first, but sure enough it was an acceptance letter. By the way, I live in Ohio, for those of you wondering when your mail will arrive.</p>
<p>I was deferred. 
Does anyone know about the chances/statistics of deferred applicants being accepted versus rejected in April?</p>
<p>I got deferred too. It sucks.</p>
<p>I hope we have a legitimate chance of being accepted in April. Although I’m deeply disappointed, Carleton is still my number one choice, and there is no other school that seems to amaze me quite as much as Carleton does. :)</p>
<p>Sorry to say this, but don’t get your hopes up. You have a better chance of getting in Early Decision than RD, so if you didn’t make the cut for ED it’s unlikely you’ll make it RD. I don’t want to disappoint you, but that’s the reality. If you’re dead set on Carleton you could always do what I did and take a year off, re-write your essays, do something fantastic, and try again next year.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about what Clevelandude says, I have been around these forums for a while and it seems like he is the trollest ■■■■■ out there. 
I suppose that’s what you become when you have a sad GPA of 2.91 as a senior philosophy major, haha.</p>
<p>Just trying to give her the facts. It’s better to know a truth than get your hopes up about something that probably isn’t going to happen. Anyway, thanks for bringing up a post that I wrote over 6 months ago, wow that’s a mature move. And for the record, my GPA is now over a 3.0.</p>
<p>College 550 - One way that many colleges look at deferrals from the ED round is that the candidate is someone they would consider admitting, but perhaps didn’t stand out as much as some of the other ED applicants (the ones they admitted). So they defer the candidate in order to be able to see how he/she stacks up against the larger pool of applicants in the RD round. That is, they’re holding their options open.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure I’d interpret the statistics as Clevelandude did. While a higher percentage of ED applicants is admitted when compared to the percentage of applicants admitted in the RD round, it doesn’t mean that a single individual’s chances of admission go down from the ED round to the RD round. Statistics such as percentage admission rely on a pool concept and an individual applicant is not a pool of applicants.</p>
<p>All that is to say, hang in there if you still love Carleton, make sure there are other schools on your list you love too, and good luck to you.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your encouraging, yet realistic advice. I really appreciate it!</p>