To TheRabbi re: UMJC/Hasivenu on gentiles

[ChavaK]

I would also say given the large number of converts in Orthodoxy, that means there are also numerous others wanted to convert, but were subsequently denied... possibly these attempts at conversion were never followed through with by the convertees. I have met dozens who tried to convert but never went all the way through with it.

This is very true....I have also met people who did
not follow through either because they could not
( a spouse who did not want to convert, for
instance) or simply gave up or decided it was too
much of a sacrifice for them to make.
Which is the whole point of making conversion
something one must work and sacrifice for...once
the conversion is done, the person is a Jew for
life even if they backslide into their former
religion or into non-observance.