Much Better to be Waitlisted Than Deferred

Gwen_Fairfax
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:53:23 +0000

I don’t see why anyone would compare deferral and waitlist. They’re totally different, happen at different times, imply different things.

But I’m interested to see the MIT numbers-- once you’ve been deferred your chances of admission are lower than they were originally. (Down from 9% to 6) I’d have guessed that, having survived the EA round, your chances would be greater! (Maybe my statistical understanding is faulty somehow?)

I’d expected last year’s waitlists to move significantly, (As people were applying to more schools than every before. But they didn’t, which I’ll never quite get. There were fewer students applying last year, even though there were more applications.)