@TheCrimsonBulldog are you a Harvard legacy? If not, it may explain your deferral despite of your qualification. And if you are Asian, your chances are even lower.
In one private HS in NorCal this year, all the 4 accepted are Harvard legacies while none of the students without hooks got accepted. The deferred students are of the highest calibers at the school in academics and leadership. Similarly, least 11 accepted into Stanford via REAs, with 10 of them as legacies. The only non-legacy kid who got in has near perfect test scores and one of the highest GPA - he was believed to have been admitted to make the average GPA look better. These are two data points on how ivies work. Ivy schools systemically admit legacies and students with hooks, even if some of these students are less qualified.