Open Thread: Deferred Early by Decisions

If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs.

Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here.

Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have complicated feelings that you don’t know how to name; that’s okay, too. For now, remember that you’re in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March.

So you’re stuck in the middle of a moment
No clear path, no shining star
Just a step away, the world’s okay
So try to see that far
There, in the middle of a moment
You’re halfway to somewhere new
Can’t go back
Keep moving through