I think the acceptance rate is still very high over there in Cambridge according to the second thread(3500/15000=23%). Stanford has a 11% acceptance rate, and MIT 14%. I got deferred from MIT last month, I was very dissappointed just like u, and I have to wait till March for the final answer, but I don't think I have much chance left now. pray I get into Stanford or Cornell~~or otherwise I have to go to U of Texas at Austin, where I really don't want to go.