All in College Acceptance
Getting deferred or rejected is not the news you were hoping for in this early round, but most students are going to face some rejection during this process. If you were deferred or rejected from your Early Decision school, you are now released from your binding agreement. If you were rejected, then that decision is final for this application cycle. You may not re-apply there this year. If you were deferred and are still interested in the ED school, read the deferral letter to learn what you can submit.
You may start to get acceptances from rolling and early action schools now. After all your hard work, that’s the best news ever! Keep track of anything required, but in general, you should hang tight even while the school sends you approximately 967 emails each day pressuring you to commit. Under no circumstance should you put down an enrollment deposit-- you can only put down an enrollment deposit at one school-- until you are certain you want to attend the school.
Some students have acceptances already because they may have applied under a Rolling admissions deadline. Many public schools and private schools with high acceptance rates fill the class as applications come in.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021! In this unprecedented year in admissions, we saw students accepted to dozens of excellent schools and also had some disappointments along the way. I want to reiterate what I have said to so many of you already: you are more than where you were admitted.
Virtually all colleges that have not done so already will be releasing their regular decision application outcomes in the coming weeks, with regular decision applicants receiving feedback by the first week of April.
