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Everything You Need to Know About Being Deferred or Waitlisted

StandOut College Prep

As shared in the post about early admissions, if you apply to college during Early Action and Early Decision cycles , you will face a lot of competition. When more students apply early, you’re also likely to be deferred from at least one college. Have you been deferred or waitlisted from college?

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Is Yield Protection Real?

BestColleges

A high yield rate helps colleges minimize the volatility of the admissions cycle. Colleges aim to boost their yield through several strategies, including early admissions policies. Many selective colleges fill more than half of their entering class through early admissions, including Early Action.

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MIT: Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

Top Tier Admissions

MIT REGULAR DECISION ACCEPTANCE RATE For those considering applying early to MIT next year, it’s important to know that 12,563 students applied early to the MIT Class of 2028 and 661 were offered early admission for a slightly higher acceptance rate of 5.26%. Meanwhile, 8,052 applicants were deferred — 64.1%

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‘Tis the season…for early application decisions!

DC College Counseling

Remember there are many of your peers and friends who have not heard anything, are still applying to schools, or have been deferred, waitlisted or denied (sometimes by the same school that just accepted you!). If Waitlisted: Respond. Be sure to follow the school’s instructions to accept your place on the waitlist. Be grateful.

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How to Write an Email to College Admissions Counselors

Great College Advice

Pleasant HS, Hygiene, Colorado telephone: 999-875-4321 Sample Email to College Admissions #3‍ Dear Dupont University Admissions Office, Hello, my name is Ben Harrison, and I was recently waitlisted for admission. I’m writing to ask if you can please tell me where I am on the waitlist.

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UT Austin Shake-Up: Testing Required and a New Early Action Program

Top Tier Admissions

There will be a waitlist for the first time, only applicable to those who are not automatically admitted. Most students will be notified as early as March 1 if they are admitted from the waitlist.

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Vanderbilt University: Early Acceptance Rate

Top Tier Admissions

TTA Takeaway: Based on the data for the Classes of 2026 and 2027, we know that plenty of students are accepted to Vanderbilt after being deferred in the early round or waitlisted in the regular round.