Harvard EA deferred + bad midyear report

rmldad
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:56:29 +0000

Out of 3200 deferred applicants, only 100-200 will likely be accepted RD. Half the freshman class is already filled. You didn’t stand out in a group of 5,000 EA applicants, so why would you fare better in a group of 30,000 RD applicants?

I am pretty bummed and pessimistic right about now (DD was also deferred), but I would say that getting deferred indicates a strong likelihood of denial in April.