<p>@mamae: what you said makes no sense… sorry. You quoted the following:</p>
<p>“3 Possible Restrictive Early Action Admission Decisions:
Applicant is admitted and has until May 1 to respond to the admission offer.
Applicant is denied and can not reapply for Regular Decision admission in the same year.
Applicant is deferred to the Regular Decision round, where he/she will receive a final decision by April 1.
Stanfords philosophy is to make final decisions whenever possible, so the vast majority of Restrictive Early Action applicants receive one of the first two decisions noted above”</p>
<p>It says that they they either try to deny or admit students… they avoid deferring. i think you read this incorrectly. </p>
<p>@Starmie: That would make sense. I spoke to the admissions officer two years ago, so I can only assume that as they acceptance rate goes down then so does the rate of people they deffer.</p>