A: Awww....this is a tough one. Schools defer students who, when compared to other students, seem academically weaker and therefore, they want to evaluate them along with the regular decision applicant pool. Schools also defer students if the student is stronger academically than their typical applicant/student. This they do to protect their yield. If they think that the student will not accept the school and instead go to a higher ranking school, they may end up being deferr

To those seniors who were deferred from their ED or their EA schools, what can be done now to make these deferrals into acceptances in your RDs in March? Read this article on this topic: https://money.com/what-to-do-after-college-deferral/ #deferralwaitliststrategy

It is so hard to get deferred to Regular Decision from your ED or EA school of choice. But you have to think that you could have gotten rejected! So, instead of feeling bad for yourself, think of it as an opportunity that this college/these colleges have given you to showcase your application before the Admission Committee. What should you do if deferred? Read the below article in Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristenmoon/2018/12/11/how-to-handle-a-deferral-a-step-by-

Good luck to those accepted ED or EA! But if you were deferred, do not panic! There are steps you can take to get yourself out of the DEFERRED pile into the ACCEPTED pile in March! Check out this article: https://www.thoughtco.com/handling-college-application-deferment-788894 #deferralwaitliststrategy #collegeapplicationprocess

You see the small envelope and think that you have been rejected. But when you actually open it, you realize that you have been wait listed. So now what do I do? If this college means a lot to you, please read the following article which helps explain step-by-step how to get off the dreaded wait list! https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/right-school/timeline/articles/2010/04/09/youve-been-put-on-the-wait-list-for-college-now-what #deferralwaitliststrategy

Awww...you were deferred!! Now what should you do?? Read this article for steps to take if you were deferred to the Regular Decision applicant pool!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeannie-borin/what-to-do-if-you-are-def_b_6323618.html #deferralwaitliststrategy #collegeapplicationprocess

You open the small letter thinking that you weren't accepted when, all of the sudden, you read that you have been waitlisted! Say what? So now what do I do? If this college means a lot to you, check out this article which tells you exactly what to do if you have been waitlisted in the college of your dreams: http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theartofgettingaccepted/f/waitlist_faq.htm #deferralwaitliststrategy

Aw...the dreaded Deferral! What should you do now? Read this article for steps to take if you were deferred to the Regular Decision applicant pool. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeannie-borin/what-to-do-if-you-are-def_b_6323618.html #classof2016 #deferralwaitliststrategy

Aww...the dreaded wait list. You are not in and neither are you out. If an acceptance to this college is really important to you, check out this article to see what you should do if you were waitlisted in your first choice college: http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theartofgettingaccepted/f/waitlist_faq.htm?utm_source=google&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons #classof2019 #collegeacceptances #admissionstips #deferralwaitliststrategy

Schools look at "Demonstrated interest" as a sign that if a student is accepted, he or she will attend and this is huge. Read the following article on what students should do to demonstrate their interest to a particular school: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/09/26/college-admissions-secret-strategy.html #admissionstips #deferralwaitliststrategy