Write Your Letter of Enthusiasm

Write Your Letter of Enthusiasm January 6 At Ivy Coach, we help deferred students craft memorable, moving letters of enthusiasm. If you were deferred in the Early Action or Early Decision round to a highly selective college, you might still be holding out hope that youll gain admission to your dream school in the Regular Decision round. And for the vast majority of deferred applicants, this hope is false hope. At highly selective colleges, about 10% of students who are deferred during the Early round end up getting in during the Regular round. The odds are categorically against deferred students. And by doing nothing, by simply waiting for the dream school to determine your final fate, you are all but assuring the fact that you will ultimately be denied admission. Doing nothing in college admissions and in life is not the answer. Being proactive is the answer. But not just any kind of proactivity. Youve got to be proactive the right way. That means youve got to unpack that tent youve packed to camp outside the admissions office at your dream school. It means youve got to stop sending an email a day to your regional admissions officer. Youve got to end your letter writing campaign to your states two senators. And youve got to stop your mom and dad from donating $100,000. Because that $100,000 not only isnt going to help get you in, its going to hurt your chances. But theyll certainly take mom and dads money. All of these things may seem ridiculous and yet students and parents do these kinds of things all the time. They dont seem to think its unwise when it comes out of their mouthsand wallets. But indeed it is. So now that you know some of the things not to do, what should you do? You should absolutely write a powerful and compelling letter of enthusiasm to the college that deferred you. Many students and parents write us that theyve already written this letter. Thats nice. But any old letter wont do. This letter has got to be extraordinary if you hope to sway admissions officers to turn your deferral into an offer of admission. And, just about every time out of ten, when students and parents show us these letters theyve crafted, theyre certainly not extraordinary. Theyre extraordinarys opposite. Ordinary. And ordinary wont do. So if youre interested in Ivy Coachs assistance with a letter of enthusiasm, fill out our consult form  today and we can get started. These letters should be going in promptly. You want to be reconsidered by your dream school as soon as possible. And there are a couple of other things deferred students  can do. But always remember this expression in highly selective college admissions: The thicker the file, the thicker the student. Dont inundate admissions offices with a bunch of superfluous paperwork. One amazing letter of enthusiasm beats letters from eighteen senators. Eighteen senatorsreally? And hold off on sending your sixth grade artwork while youre at it too. Its not going to do the trick. Sorry.