@TheCrimsonBulldog Bud, I understand your situation. I was deferred, too, and my stats are Ivy-caliber for sure. It’s difficult to face deferral/rejection from an absolute dream school, but it’s life. My best friend got rejected from Stanford, even though he was a 4.0, sports captain, ACT 36, and his FATHER was a PROFESSOR there. Like, whoa. He’d been dreaming to go there since kindergarten, and he got rejected, not even deferred (probably wrote some scrappy essays). Know you’re not alone and know that Harvard knows who they admit. IMO, Harvard wholly misrepresents the SCEA decisions with their acceptance rate. EVERYONE I know who got in, both on CC and IRL, got accepted because they were something truly special or had a hook (i.e. URM, legacy, from underrepresented state, went to RSI/TASP, low-income, recruited athlete, International Medalist, SciFair champion). No ONE I know who had awesome stats but didn’t have one of those massive distinctions got in. And that tells me that they admit most of their “normal” admits in the RD round, and it makes me regret that I didn’t listen to this thread earlier, because it is indeed EXACTLY what deferred kids face (http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvard-university/1184853-a-warning-to-harvard-2016-ea-applicants-read-this-important-message-p1.html).
So, sit tight. Don’t send in an massive amount of recs, just update them with solid accomplishments. Also, please stop giving away so many of your specifics. I looked up your PAC and found you in an instant!