OMG - I got deferred, now what!

sherpa
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:45:35 +0000

@gibby wrote - However, a deferral is saying: "We like you, but have significant questions as to whether you would be appropriate for our campus and our school . . .

I disagree strongly, for the simple reason that if Princeton had “significant questions” about an applicant’s appropriateness for the school they’d reject said applicant.

Princeton and its peers acknowledge that there are more qualified applicants than they can accommodate and, as such, some desirable applicants are ultimately denied. To suggest that those that make the first cut are inappropriate for the school is unnecessarily harsh and, as @eltigre69 proves, is simply wrong.

Despite this disagreement I generally concur with the advice to treat a deferral as a signal to move on to other options.

Best wishes to all through this stressful time.