<p>^^^^He was deferred so he’s obviously not a “shoo-in.”</p>
<p>You did this same thing before the EA decisions were released and, even though I thought you were reasonably intelligent (from your posts), I was pretty sure that you wouldn’t get admitted. I didn’t want to post that because I didn’t want to get your hopes down (and I wasn’t certain that I was correct) and, so I thought, would be contradictory to the purpose of these threads. Given the data here, there is no reason to think that you would not get admitted and I’m sure that you knew the responses you would get upon posting this thread (why would they be different than those you received in the one you did for EA?) would all be positive. So, essentially, the purpose of this thread is to have others reassure you that you will get admitted and to keep your hopes up until the decisions are released, if I am not mistaken. What other good could it possibly do? That’s why I didn’t respond to your last one, but, this time, I feel the need to reply.</p>
<p>However, most of your accomplishments - while fairly noteworthy - are fairly scattered and the breadth of your interests/activities is so great that I fail to see how you can actually be dedicated to any one of them substantially. To be quite honest, many of your achievements/activities simply scream affluence and connections to me . Of course, I may be completely wrong, but, again, I’m only telling you what I’m thinking after looking at your list of accomplishments (again, I’m only using the data you provided). They may have only deferred you because of your GPA (though I doubt this - otherwise you would have at least gotten deferred by Columbia) or perhaps you didn’t stand out enough in the pool of internationals, but, again, who knows. However, I highly doubt that it was solely academics that got you deferred - your test scores are rather impressive but, given your ‘context’, they don’t impress me much (though, I’ll wholeheartedly admit, they’re certainly better and more impressive than mine). Also, out of curiosity, why do you go to a specialized math/science school if the majority of your EC’s are in the humanities?</p>
<p>So, in conclusion I guess, I think you ought to be admitted but, even though I did not fully expound upon my reasoning why your application may have substantive weaknesses, I have doubts that you will. Nonetheless, I wish you luck my friend.</p>