We are in the same position. High stats, great extracurriculars that align with major, leadership. Disappointed in deferral. She did not visit or express any interest as we are on East Coast. This was for EA, not ED.
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It seems EA deferrals are common as a yield management technique, theyâre trying to force kids into ED2.
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S24 Accepted. 35 ACT, 11 APs, 3.9 UW/4.4 W. Presidential Volunteer Service Award 2 years. Leader two clubs. Captain 2 Varsity sports. Mech. Engineering
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Accepted EA after switching application from ED to EA about 2 weeks ago due to some high merit offers from other schools. 3.2UW/3.5W, no scores, Arts and Sciences (Child Studies/English major), Catholic high school, club leadership, decent number of APs, strong writer, community service involvement
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I noticed people posting religion and high schools.
D24 accepted
Put agnostic.
She goes to a public high school (though attends two, one is a public magnet school for the arts that you audition to get in)
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Yield protection. Sometimes if stats are too high, they donât make offer if they think student will be unlikely to enroll. If itâs his top choice, he might want to communicate continued interest to admissions.
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Iâm not sure about the yield protection theoryâŠlots of high stats kids are getting in for EA/ED. I think they take a lot students in the early round, but it might have something to do with how many apply from a given HS. Overall, I think SCUâs admit rate of approximately 50% belies how strong the student body is. I also think itâs getting much harder at the regular decision round because they want to increase their yield in early round.
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I understand from reading last yearâs thread that last yearâs financial letters were added to portals as an âupdateâ on the Monday following announcements of admission (4pm-ish PST).
What Iâm wondering is whether not having the FAFSA available will change that - even with the CSS Profile submitted. Anyone know?
Has anyone heard about merit aid package yet ?
Admission status was updated in portal on Friday and received welcome bronco email just few mins back
Havenât heard.
Wondering if itâs late afternoon today.
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A couple of years ago my son (very high test scores, 15+ APs with lots of 4 and 5 scores, 7 varsity letters across 2 sports, strong academic ECs [robotics and others], a few weak grades [a couple of Cs scattered across freshman and junior year], 3.6-ish UW/4.2 W GPA) was deferred EA and accepted RD. When we toured with my daughter, we asked about this because we knew SCU was among her top choices and we didnât want her to have the same experience. The admissions people were very clear that expressing interest really matters so they have some confidence they are not being perceived as a safety. Both of my kids toured campus in person, but that (and applying, obviously) was the only interest my son expressed. My daughterâs application profile was similar (with fewer Cs and fewer varsity letters), but she was accepted EA. I canât say for sure, but I think the difference was that she engaged with the admissions counselor and signed up for Bronco Exchange, etc. because she knew that this was/is a top contender for her and so she made the extra effort. My son didnât do any of the extra follow-up (he is our oldest and so that was our first time through the process; we hadnât realized how much expressing interest matters). Nevertheless, he got in via RD, so itâs hard to say how much yield protecting they are actually doing (if they didnât think he would attend at EA, not much had changed by RD). Itâs possible that just the follow-up he did to accept the transfer to the RD pool was enough expression of interest (maybe kids who really think itâs just a safety donât follow through into RD?) or - maybe more likely - itâs possible his improved grades in senior year made the difference for him.
Long story short: if you have (or are) a kid who really wants to go to a school but got deferred out of EA or ED, engage with the school and make sure they know that you really want to be there. It may not help at the super-competitive, low-acceptance-rate schools, but at more moderately competitive schools, that can make a difference.
That said: do not bombard your admissions contact with non-stop communication - they do not need dozens of emails from you expressing interest, but a few well-considered expressions of interest or questions about the process can help them know you are paying attention to them and you are a serious applicant.
The CDS will have some of this information: Common Data Set (CDS) - Santa Clara University
The main admissions section does not break out offers and waitlists by round (EA/ED/RD), but it can give you a sense of how many who are waitlisted do ultimately get an offer. Item C21 gives data specific to ED acceptance (but not ED1 vs ED2), but doesnât cover deferrals.
Our experience with SCU is very limited, but this sounds true to me. My d applied RD and was waitlisted. After being put on the waitlist, they sent an email inviting her to some online meeting for waitlisted students and basically said in that email that the act of attending would weigh favorably in the final decision and not attending was basically going to result in a rejection. So, even on that level, they are very much looking for some demonstration of interest in attending.
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Wow, that data is nuts for 2022. Only 8 admitted off the waitlist! Am I reading that correctly?
Maybe merit aid updates not today 
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I saw something that said in 2 weeks
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Hopefully merit aid decisions are before deadline of enrollment fee payment .
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Iâm sure all merit aid decisions will be out before the enrollment fee is due - if I remember correctly from last year, only those students receiving the 'big" scholarships (Presidential/Provost) are informed with their admission decision letter, and smaller merit grants (Bronco/Dean) will be in the financial aid letter, which came out a few weeks after decisions last year.
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Enrollment for EA is May 1st. If you are ED it is January 7th I believe.
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Daughter got an email today inviting her to apply for honors. Does that go to everyone, or does she really have a chance? Lol I canât ask her to write any more extraneous applications or essays right now, she may kill me.
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