r/ApplyingToCollege • u/jortbru1299 Retired Moderator • Sep 13 '20

Megathread Brown Early Megathread

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

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u/windmill5 HS Senior Dec 17 '20

30% is like in the middle. Stanford defers <10% i think, yale harvard etc. defers 50+%, so its not the best, but not the worst either. Main concern is 1. a lot more RD apps, obviously and 2. the deferral letter claims that deferred ed applicants get accepted at about the same rate as RD applicants

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u/ClamChowderNChips Dec 17 '20

I honestly think it’s fine that we were deferred. Perhaps RD will increase some chances, but hey we always got high hopes for other schools

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u/jayjayhilts HS Senior | International Dec 17 '20

Last year deferral rate was 65% so surely if it’s only 30 this year that’s a good thing? It means more ppl got rejected (since they didn’t accept 35% more applicants this year...)

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

Unfortunately the deferral rate was 25% for the Class of 2024 ED last year. I believe it was 55% for the Class of 2023 ED!

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u/jayjayhilts HS Senior | International Dec 17 '20

Do you have a link? I actually couldn’t find it so was just going on what I remembered

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

I unfortunately don't have one for the Class of 2024, but I applied ED for the Class of 2024, and one of the people who applied with me's counselor showed them an email that stated around 25% were deferred.

For the Class of 2023's 55% deferral rate, you can find this here: https://www.browndailyherald.com/2018/12/13/university-accepts-record-low-18-percent-early-decision-applicants/

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u/jayjayhilts HS Senior | International Dec 17 '20

Thanks v much!