Every school varies on how they approach the process of re-examining the deferred applications from the early pool. The acceptance rate for this group varies tremendously from college to college and can also vary from year to year within the same school.

The best thing to do is, first, ask your guidance counselor if you’re curious about the chances of acceptance later on to see if he or she has already obtained the statistics you’re seeking. Second, if your guidance counselor doesn’t know, call the college admissions office to find out. Remember, though, that regardless of overall statistics, your application was placed on that deferred list for individual reasons. If you decide to call the admissions office, best to ask about your application specifically as well as past statistics for general information.

If you’re going to ask about general statistics, here are the ones I think would be most useful….