<p>Do any of you think there are two levels of deferred candidates, ie. those who are high level deferees, and those who are more ordinary deferrees? ie. similar to other deferred candidates. I am just wondering. For those accepted early it seems that most I know of were recruited athletes or development legacies. If one came from a school where they applied with two other applicants who had minimal extra curricular activities, and lower SAT scores and grades but one was an unbelievably important development admit, and the other was a recruited athlete, and both were accepted early, but the third unconnected applicant was deferred, and the deferred applicant had not only higher SAT scores and grades but exceptional individual international and national achievement in their extra curriculars with exceptional artistic talent and extraordinary community service but was deferred, and their guidance counselor was told after learning of the deferral that that applicant was very compelling in the early pool, and still very compelling, would that make them a higher level deferee? Are there some applicant who are deferred that are more likely to be taken in the regular pool, all are all the same? Anyone have any thought?</p>
<p>haha i wonder who this hypothetical deferree might be…
it sounds to me like you… i mean…this completely hyptothetical person… has more of a chance of admittance than, say, a polite deferree (a legacy with weaker scores, for example). the comment from the guidance counselor definitely bodes well.</p>
<p>“If one came from a school where they applied with two other applicants who had minimal extra curricular activities, and lower SAT scores and grades but one was an unbelievably important development admit, and the other was a recruited athlete, and both were accepted early, but the third unconnected applicant was deferred, and the deferred applicant had not only higher SAT scores and grades but exceptional individual international and national achievement in their extra curriculars with exceptional artistic talent and extraordinary community service but was deferred, and their guidance counselor was told after learning of the deferral that that applicant was very compelling in the early pool, and still very compelling, would that make them a higher level deferee?”</p>
<p>Yale may be looking exclusively for candidates who express themselves succinctly.</p>
<p>Piglette, was that some sort of insult to the OP?</p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t know about two distinct levels…I do believe they deferred a wide range of candidates. At my friend’s school, every single early applicant was deferred, and the students were not all the same at all in terms of qualifications. However, we have no way of knowing or judging this sort of thing, because we don’t know people as well they as they know themselves, and people look different on paper. We will find out decisions in 17 days and that is pretty much all we are ever going to get.</p>
<p>Try saying that single sentence aloud without taking more than one breath.</p>
<p>Sorry, I got carried away. I usually write in multiple sentences!</p>
<p>It’s not the OP. Check out his chances thread.</p>
<p>Ah my mistake. That was collegebond.</p>
<p>Logic tells me that they are several types of deferees. Some got deferred because Yale didn’t want to ruin their self-esteem compeletely. These kids will probably need to win the Nobel Prize to get in. But then, there are probably some kids who are very strong, but unhooked and therefore the adcoms want to see the RD pool before making a final call. In the end, however, there is basically just one bar and you either surpass it or not. If you don’t, however, you’ll be in the same pool as someone who had no chances at all. So just wait for less than three weeks and you’ll see. Good luck</p>