<p>Piggle: You sound like a strong candidate. Applicants do get admitted after a deferral. One suggestion for your remaining applications: I looked at your back posts, and you say that your main essay was 1000 words. That is too long. Is the limit still 500-600 words? About 10% over the limit is okay, but no more. Can you tighten your essay(s) for your remaining applications? A too-long essay, coupled with science abstracts, poetry, and essay samples may have been overkill. That’s a lot of extra stuff. Yale is pretty explicit about not wanting to be inundated with supplemental materials.</p>