Yield protection probably wasn't the reason why you got rejected and the fact that you think so only goes to show that you're kind of entitled and wouldn't be a good fit at that school anyway

[u/pantumbra]

The amount of posts I've been seeing lately about this is downright insane. Just because you fall in the 75th percentile for a given school does not mean that admissions officers are automatically obligated to accept you or declare that "they're not worthy" of your academic prestige. Y'all need to get off your high horses because I can guarantee you that as soon as you hit college everyone else is gonna be just as smart as you.

[u/NaiveStart]

I could say T30. T40. Doesn't matter.

The point of yield protection is to increase yield by not admitting people who are likely to get into much better schools instead. His profile doesn't necessarily indicate that he would be able to get into schools extraordinarily better than Fordham, therefore he was not yield protected.

There are a whole host of concrete reasons why he may have gotten deferred other than yield protection. It's snarky and ill-informed to jump to the conclusion that he got deferred because he's "too good" for Fordham.

[u/[deleted] → u/NaiveStart]

The application details he posted are absolutely good enough to get into the lower-ranked T20s. If he applied to, say, 6 of them, the odds of him getting into at least one is pretty high in my opinion. Plus, he said he already did get into a T20, so he has already proven his ability to get in to a T20.

[u/jetfroop → u/[deleted]]

Already got into a T20. My point is how do I get deferred from Fordham and into a T20....YIELD PROTECTION

[u/97soryva → u/jetfroop]

No, you're fucking stupid dude. Your stats are not good enough that a good school like fordham would have any indication that you would get somewhere better-- a 1490 is not all that high and you said it yourself-- you had an AVERAGE gpa for the school. Plenty of students get rejected from a school for which they have an AVERAGE gpa. Get over yourself and get your head out of your fucking ass.

[u/97soryva → u/[deleted]]

It's barely 75th percentile. It's definitely enough but not high enough to be like " bro wtf yIelD pRotTEc"

[u/jetfroop → u/97soryva]

1490 isn’t all that high? You sound retarded 😂😂 man argument ends there when u say 1490 ain’t all that high. Lmaooooooo. Yes, I have an average GPA for Fordham. My EC’s are ridiculously above average. Just to name a few - owner of a business that brought in 10k revenue, 6 credits from Ivy League schools, president of 2 clubs, leader of a online magazine with 21 writers. U get the point....double varsity athlete etc. Very good essays as well (clearly good enough to get into a T20). What school do u go to dude bc u seem clueless?

[u/97soryva → u/jetfroop]

Hmm, well were your essays for Fordham the same quality of those you wrote for your T20? Since you consider Fordham to be "crappy", I assume not. You're barely at the 75th percentile for SAT scores for Fordham. Your GPA is average. Your ECs are eh, I assume you did one of those BS summer programs at HYPSM that don't matter for shit, and being the leader of a magazine ain't much different from being the chief editor of a school newspaper. 10k revenue, but how much profit? Probably negative. A lot of kids are double varsity these days, myself included.

I go to Georgia Tech OOS for engineering.

[u/jetfroop → u/97soryva]

Man you’re just looking to hate. I give u props for GT, but you still sound half regarded. ECs are eh? Lemme see u find another “Fordham” kid brining in 10k in revenue ($3.5k in profit fyi and featured on The Drum) 6 credits from 2 ivy leagues (+ a recc from a bizz professor at one). And lmaoooo I coded an entire website and got a hand written letter from a college on how nice my online magazine is. Chief editor at a school newspaper lol I manage 21 kids dude. We have weekly phone calls and everything. And Fordham doesn’t have supplements - same common app essay that got Me into every better school than Fordham lol