What's the logic behind being deferred?

Massmomm
Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:28:57 +0000

I don’t think colleges expect deferred candidates to do anything. It just means they will review your application along with that of the RD applicants. ED applicants tend to be better qualified, so it’s harder to stand out. But plenty of deferred people do get in eventually, depending on the school. I suppose you could send in supplemental material, such as an arts portfolio or a clip of you playing an instrument, but most of the people I knew who did this were people who wanted to get off the wait list.

Oh, and getting deferred does not mean you weren’t good enough to get in. One of my daughter’s friends was deferred then rejected at Yale, but got into Harvard and Stanford.