@ManUTD2121, congrats! Do you want to share your stats?
@mygirl, congrats! Do you want to share your stats?
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My D is already a sophomore, no longer really relevant.
Was wondering this tooā¦ I havenāt found anything saying that they got in after getting deferred 
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My sonās stats, in case itās helpful to anyone (only adding this since someone asked aboveā¦) 4.45 weighted GPA, 35 ACT superscore, 12 AP classes, the rest honors, ECs quite varied including 4 years of soccer (varsity senior year), jazz band, classical piano study, drama club stage crew, volunteering weekly helping kids with special needs play soccer, as well as similar program serving as buddy to kids performing on stage in adaptive musical theater, Honor societies: National Honor Society as well as Math HS, Computer HS (Treasurer), Hispanic HS (President), tutored a 7th grader after school, worked summers at community pool, and 2 summer camps. Double legacy as both my husband and I are Vassar grads.
My fingers are tightly crossed for everyone deferred!!
I am a Vassar alum who interviewed applicants for 10+ years. I know several deferred students who were admitted RD. I canāt claim to know frequency or likelihood but it certainly does happen.
Good luck to all of you.
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I know people who have been able to work with them and change things up a little. Theyāve certainly been helpful to me! Most donāt feel warmly towards the office thoughā¦ They can be real sticklers for their policies, and people who donāt know how the policies work often feel like itās unfair and that theyāre being cheated. (some would say that the policies are unfair though)
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Donāt think the odds are greatā¦ I know there are definitely people who apply via Questbridge and arenāt accepted the first time around, but are later on though. Not sure itās very frequent with the early/regular decision applications though
Curious what others think and what the conventions are after deferral?
Would it be helpful for deferred students to write an email in a few days to their specific admissions counselor? A polite/short email that thanks them, reiterates desire to go to the school and commitment to it, and then asking about opportunities to refine application? Not asking them specifically āwhat could I do to make it better,ā but asking them if you can set up an alumni interview, or if you could add to the your space component?
Do you get to edit/refine your application?
If so, when would be a good time to send this email?
These are great questions ā¦ and I donāt know the answer. I do think a short note to your admissions counselor is fine. And I think it is ok to ask if there is any info you can provide to enhance the application. I have a daughter that is a sophomore at Vassar. When she went through the process, the application was read for admissions purposes by a DIFFERENT person than her rep. So the guy my daughter sat and chatted with at her high school was NOT the person reading the app. In other words, your rep might not know why your child was deferred.
My daughter has MANY friends who were admitted RD, and has a very good friend who got in off the waitlist. (The common data set shows that for the class coming in Fall of 22, 32 kids came in off the waitlist. For a class of 680, that is a fair number (5%).) So ED is not the only way in.
Hello, Iām here to wake this thread up.
Itās ED2 time!!! omg
Any idea when the decisions come? My checklist has been disabled āat this late stage in the application process.ā
Last year it was Friday, Jan 27th at 5 p.m. so my guess is next Friday, the 26th.
ED II decisions are released! My daughter got in! Hope that everyone here had good news!
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I got deferred. I donāt think thereās a good chance in RD, is there?
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Youāre still in the game. However, it would also be wise to explore other optionsāthere are so many great schools out there. There is a thread named Deferred from Vassar on CC, so you might want to take a look there as well. Wishing you all the best!
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Thank you! 
My son is in.
Great hard working kid with ADHD. I worry about the workload for him (heās a recruited athlete so that takes up a lot of time).
How manageable is workload for a likely political science major??
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Congrats!
Speaking from a n=1, my Vassar child has found polisci courses to have a fair bit of reading, plenty of writing, and excellent faculty. If your child is a hard-working kid I imagine it will be fine - the key is to be disciplined and stay on top of assignments, rather than letting them build up. Some teams have a culture that promotes this, others less so, I suspect, but again, anecdotal, and your son probably already knows the culture of the team he will be joining.
Congrats to your son! I suspect heāll be fine. My kid certainly doesnāt get the grades she got in HS - but I donāt think she works much harder overall. Agree with staying on top of things, which is really her problem - she leaves too much to the last minute, and sheās not great about going to office hours and so on. Her grades are ok, just not stellar the way the were in HS. Vassar is pretty strict about not overloading the schedule, which is annoying, but helps. Iām not on CC anymore - got an email that you had tagged me - if you have additional questions make sure to tag me/reply directly to me so I get notified and Iām happy to jump back on to answer a specific question!
Workload should be manageable, as they are limited by Vassar to four classes a semester. That usually means 12 or so hours in class a week. Which is good because there will be a LOT of reading. If that is something that takes extra time for your son, he will just need to budget that into his schedule.
Be sure to have your son register with the Office of Accessibility. They are a great resource. He may be eligible for free executive function coaching, which would mean there is another adult involved in helping make sure he is managing his time.
My ADHD daughter is a junior there now. Her grades are actually significantly better than they were in high school. I think itās because with the open curriculum, she can take the classes she is most interested in. She also does a sport, and has a job working in her major department. Vassar will support your child! And you wonāt believe the growth!
Also, we found that with the sport team, she had ready access to more senior students in her major (who were on her team), and that was very helpful right from the start.
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