<p>Yeah…but is anyone claiming that they actually pulled the plug on their other applications so quickly? Vassar would only have to say that the applicant wasn’t accepted at the ED round. They wouldn’t have to disclose whether the applicant was deferred or rejected. </p>
<p>You’re right, though, because it’s the sort of interaction with an admission office that frantic applicants would rather avoid. Sometimes you want to get their attention. Sometimes you don’t. Of course, as the Vassar Miscellany author might point out, getting rejected by Vassar is still better than getting accepted at pretty much anywhere else. There’s no shame in a Vassar rejection (or deferral) – unless you’re comparing notes with someone who was accepted by Vassar.</p>