UW-Madison Deferral. RD Chances?
As the title says. After 2 painstakingly long months of waiting, I opened my phone at 12 am to a deferral. I’m really not confident in my stats and am looking for feedback. I applied for a Physics B.S., if that matters. I am also OOS.
- 3.3 GPA (biggest nerf IMO. I had a lot of trouble with motivation and discovered I was autistic and had a seizure disorder. long story.)
- 30 ACT (with science)
- Academic Team Advisor, state finalist in science, 4 years active
- FFA state champion high individual
- FFA chapter officer (parliamentarian), 4 years active
- Student council, Class Treasurer
- AP Calc AB (only one my school offers)
- 2 honors classes (math, english)
- 4 dual credit classes junior year, 2 this year which has not been reported yet
- My essay was focused around coming from an impoverished background and wanting to improve education in areas like mine while raising awareness/activism for autism, LGBTQ+, things like that. it also helps to note i am not confident in my writing skills.
Any thoughts? My other option is Penn State, who accepted me EA mid December.
Posted Jan 30, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC