OMG - I got deferred, now what!

eltigre69
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:31:16 +0000

For what it’s worth I went through something similar last year. Deferred from Princeton early after thinking I was a shoo in and then had to rush to write a bunch of applications and apply to schools RD.

I ended up being rejected from quite a few places I applied RD… but I was accepted to Princeton. I’m here now and it’s just as amazing as I’d hoped.

Definitely fill out other applications for RD and picture yourself at other schools, but a deferral IS NOT “as good as rejection” or “a very kind rejection.” I go to Princeton now despite being deferred EA. The odds may not be in your favor (so don’t get your hopes up), but deferred does not equal rejected. I am proof of that.