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

Megathread CalTech Early Megathread

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

What percentage of people tend to be deferred?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

60-70% typically

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u/nowis3000 College Graduate Dec 02 '20 edited Dec 02 '20

This is false, it's been closer to 10% in past years, and I'd assume that'll continue (source: am current student who has talked to admissions specifically about this because I was deferred and then accepted).

E: I suspect it's about 10% accepted and 10% deferred from the early round. Given that about half of the acceptances are from the early round (~250/500 total), my best guess is that they defer a set of applications that would complement the acceptances to make a full class if they somehow had zero good regular decision applications, but they don't go much beyond that (like some peer institutions do).

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u/Giratinalawyer HS Senior Dec 03 '20

Damn, that’s a cool change. Thanks for the insider info. That must mean deferral —> acceptance rates have gone significantly up, no?

But also now I’m really worried :o

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u/nowis3000 College Graduate Dec 03 '20

Yep, I think the defer->accept rate is at least double or triple normal acceptance rates. As for being worried, at least you’ll know something more definitive than say a school that defers >70% of the early pool

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '20

Thanks for the info! I think I had it mixed up with MIT.