@tigerdad I agree that the GC should not have told my daughter that, especially since it’s a competitive school, but she isn’t new or inexperienced. I was kind of shocked that she would say this. Anyway, HYPS are a whole different kettle of wax with their bazillion dollar endowments. Again, it’s all irrelevant now and all is good. D has acceptances from other schools and hopefully more to come. I wrote this original post after the deferral. I’m over it now:)