A Deferral is Not a Denial 如何面对延期录取？

　　对于高三的学生来说，申请季结束了，现在结果揭晓的时刻到了。一些学生成功地被ED/EA录取了，进入了自己梦想的学校，然而却有另一些学生没有那么幸运，他们收到的是"延期录取"的决定。如果是后者，千万不要觉得天要塌下来了，也不要灰心丧气。曾经在布朗大学招生处担任招生副主任的Susan Evans告诉你，延期录取并不那么可怕，延期录取也不是意味着你就被学校否定了，相反的，你依然可以为自己努力。而且更为重要的是，you are more than your result.
　　The college application season is over, and now we await results with baited breath, both counselors and students alike. You have written and re-written essays, filled out forms, crafted activity resumes, and presented yourselves in the best possible way, hoping that Columbia, UPENN, Carnegie Mellon, or Claremon Mckenna will notice you...see you...and choose you. As CACS counselors, we know how wonderful each and every one of you are. We see your potential, and we can already picture you studying among the beat students in the world, on the best college campuses in the United States. We know something of the light that shines within you and have imagined with you the contributions that you will undoubtedly make to the world. As we await colleges' decision, it is important, however, to grasp hold of one very significant element: you are more than your result.
　　You are future businessmen and women, government officials, television producers, engineers, and social activists. You are writers, scientists, and historians. You are products of your parents, your culture, and your schools. You are dancers, leaders, and environmentalists. You are curious, passionate about learning, and excited about your future. Throughout this application process, you have learned how to think more carefully and articulate yourselves more clearly. You have stretched your minds and dug deep within your thoughts to retrieve ideas, emotions, and convictions you never new you had. You are experts on Why-I-Want-To-Attend-Your-College essays and What-My-Community-Means-To-Me essays. Your writing ability has been tested; you are on way to mastering present-perfect tense and the proper use of articles in the English language. Throughout this process of flexing yourselves intellectually, ideologically, and grammatically, you have grown more confident, more sure of who you are uniquely, and more certain of your goals.
　　You have already accomplished so much.
　　Nevertheless, we all want to see that letter of acceptance flash across your computer screen-the ultimate reward foe all your good efforts over the last six months! Some of you have already been admitted to college Early Decision or Early Action. to you,we say Bravo! For those of you who have been deferred ED or EA, the reminder of what you have already accomplished may pale in comparison to the disappointment of not being admitted early. So here are some things you should remember if you have been deferred from your favorite school:
　　——A deferral is not a denial. Many students are admitted after being deferred during the early season, although it is true that at some colleges and universities, being admitted from the deferral list is extremely difficult. Talk with your counselor to learn more about your chances at each school.
　　——The college admissions process can be quite arbitrary, particularly at highly competitive schools. Sometimes colleges and universities make decisions that seem illogical and even wrong. A classmate with lower SAT scores or fewer extra-curricular activities than you may be admitted to your favorite part of this experience is accepting that sometimes perfectly admissible college, while you are deferred. The most difficult part of this experience is accepting that sometimes perfectly students are not admitted, and for reasons that as students and counselors, we cannot understand or control.
　　——You can take action.Contact the office od admissions by email(or email the AO in charge of your region if you know who they are) to reiterate your interest in the school. Tell them plainly that their school is your first choice-that if accepted, you will attend.
　　——If you have won a significant award or achieved anything else significant since writing your application, colleges need to know about this. Send an email to the college and ask that the new information be included in your file. If you have a school counselor, ask that person to contact the college on your behalf with your news.
　　——Send additional letters of recommendation ONLY if a person of significance who knows you well can shed additional perspective on a significant accomplishment or contribution you have made to your school or community that isn't found anywhere else in your college application.
　　——Talk with your counselor about anything else you could do to stay on the radar screen of your favorite school without becoming an annoyance.
　　Whether you are fully aware of it or not, each of you have grown tremendously through this strenuous application season, and as a result, you are better prepared for a Western-style college education. You will be admitted to a fine university, and all of you have fantastic futures ahead of you.
　　You are already a success.
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