Kid was accepted to a reach college he likes. He wants to accept, defer and take a gap year. Does anyone know how to approach admissions about this? Is it as simple as asking? Does the gap have to be a particular program? He has no desire to go through the application process again.
Some schools will put their deferral policy on their websites but if not just email the admissions office to find out what the school’s policy is.
I think that this is a perfectly reasonable question to ask the admissions people at the college. Either an email to admissions or a phone call would seem fine.