S4E3: What's The Deal With Deferrals?

In this episode of the Admittedly Podcast, host Thomas Caleel dives deeper into deferrals. He breaks down what deferrals are, why schools do it, and what it means for YOU!

Key Takeaways:

Deferrals Are NOT Rejections: Understanding what it means to be deferred is critically important to your application process if you’re applying Early Action or Early Decision.

Yield Management is a Big Factor: Schools act in their best interest, and have ideal yield margins to hit each year. Yield is the number of students who accepted an offer over the number of offers given out and can be a big indicator of how selective schools are.

You Can Make a Difference: Letters of continued interest and other supplementary information may be requested from you. This can have a large impact on your chances of being accepted during regular decision.

Deferrals Went Up This Year (And Thomas Has Thoughts): Listen in for Thomas’ personal theory as on why this year we experienced a spike in deferrals.

Being deferred is not ideal, but it does not mean you lost your chance at being accepted. If you have thoughts, want to share your experience, or have questions about this episode, drop a comment on Instagram or TikTok at @admittedlyco.

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