Columbia College, the undergraduate college of Columbia University, is incredibly difficult to get into. In 2021, the overall acceptance rate was a minuscule . If you want to get into Columbia, your best chance is to apply Early Decision, which came with in 2021 — but if you were deferred you already know this. You don’t need to know that your best shot was ED; you need to know what’s next.
Cornell Deferral Rate
Dartmouth Deferral Rate
Brown Deferral Rate
In 2021, Brown its lowest acceptance rate on record for the fourth year in a row. While it’s the overall acceptance rate they’re pointing to, the statistics for early applicants were even tougher. Brown rejected more early applicants — 60% of them — and only deferred 25%. That was a 5% drop from the 2020 deferral rate. It’s likely that the 2022 statistics will only continue the trend with even lower early acceptance and deferral rates, and higher rejection rates.
The University of Chicago Deferral Rate
How to Write a Letter of Continued Interest
Getting deferred is no one’s dream, but it’s not the worst-case scenario. Our students are often sad or even embarrassed when they are deferred from their early decision school. We totally get it, your emotions are valid, but we like to try to refocus our students when they start to get in the dumps about getting deferred. Getting deferred doesn’t mean you didn’t get in. We like to think of it as a second chance and with that second chance, there is a new opportunity to put your best foot forward. Our favorite way to do this is with a letter of continued interest.