OMG - I got deferred, now what!

ChartresBlue
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 03:00:00 +0000

To echo what @gibby wrote, my son applied to one Ivy League early. He was deferred and later rejected (actually, his only outright rejection). When RD came around, he received several offers. It was nice to be loved, to be wanted. A deferral, as they say, is a very kind rejection. That’s true, both the kind part, and the rejection. Exceptions exist, but who should ever plan on being a rare exception?

Refocus on you, not a school. Apply to schools that may want (value) what you bring to their university.

If it helps, and this may sound cruel, think of things this way. If you are fully qualified and have (what you may believe to be) a 20% chance of acceptance, the reality is that at this level, a school has 4 other people pretty much just like you. That’s what this means at this level. Good luck to all of you.