<p>I know at many top-tier institutions, a deferral is often little better than a polite rejection. However, Stanford–which has a policy of making as few deferrals as possible–only has ~10% of the SCEA applicant pool fall into that category each year.</p>
<p>Does this imply that an unhooked Stanford deferee has a very strong chance amongst the HYPM crowd, or is this too optimistic? Historically, how have Stanford deferees fared in the RD round with comparable institutions?</p>
<p>idk about comparable universities, but last year at my school and old school 2 people were deferred from SCEA at Stanford and was then later rejected RD, so idk.</p>
<p>I think D’s high school valedictorian did get into one of the HYP and one of the Brown/Cornel/Columbia schools after being deferred from Stanford. I think Stanford was not impressed with perfect grade and perfect SAT but some other Ivy league schools do.</p>
<p>Not necessarily. Standford defers many “friends” of the college–legacies, kids from feeder schools, etc.</p>
<p>That said, if you have the stats to have been a strong contender at S, getting into a peer school would not be unusual.</p>
<p>Right, hmom, but let’s assume that the student deferred is unhooked–no legacy/URM/athlete–and comes from a non-feeder school.</p>
<p>Well, that lowers the chance it was just a polite rejection! </p>
<p>The big thing is not to count on it, to move on and put your heart into your other apps. If you get in it can be a happy surprise. Clearly, most deferred kids will not get in. But if you play the tuba and the 2 tuba players they accepted don’t accept…or you’re American Indian and they find them underrepresented in the RD pool…they kept you on the list for a reason, more so at Staford than other top schools.</p>
<p>This could be a crazy year in admission given the economy. Yields could be lower and wait lists could be used more. Many are guessing those with the ability to pay may be in luck come wait list time.</p>
<p>This year, like last year, the admissions game won’t be over until summer.</p>
<p>2 years ago Son was deferred / rejected from Stanford and accepted at Brown/ Dartmouth/ UChicago/ Pomona/ WashU and many other colleges. Stanford ended up being his only rejection [ He did not apply to HYP or any other Ivy’s.]
Remember that being deferred only throws you back in the RD pool, where recent statistics suggest one has only a 1/10 chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>One student that I know was rejected by Stanford SCEA, then accepted by Princeton, Dartmouth, Amherst & Yale.</p>
<p>tennisfan, obviously you can’t know for sure but i think that deferral from stanford bodes reasonably well for future chances. at the very least, it means that you’re in the running anywhere. i was deferred from stanford and eventually accepted everywhere else including the robertson scholarship at unc/duke</p>
<p>For an unhooked deferree from California, georgraphical diversity point (gdp) count may be a negative factor at Stanford. But the same gdp will be a positive factor at hyp.</p>
<p>Bump. (10 char)</p>