<p>My experience was very similar to johno’s, except with UPenn except for 3 different things. One, I got in SCEA to Stanford (not deferred), two I decided after that to not even apply RD to Penn since I loved Stanford so much, three looking back on it-I got lucky. In theory I should have applied ED to Penn, it was dumb luck that I got in. If I knew SCEA this year would have been that competitive beforehand I would have gone with ED to Penn. But, it turned out excellently for me, I can’t guarantee it would with you.</p>