<p>Hello, I am a neophyte in regards to this board. I have a question for anyone that can answer it, please!</p>
<p>I have told every college in the application that I am defering for a year if admitted because I was elected by Rotary International to be a Youth Exchange Leader in Finland for a year. Every school I applied to allows deferments. In each application I stressed this honor, it is one of my hooks. Can anyone conjecture as to what the admissions will think and how they will respond to this? What will happen with any scholarships I am awarded? I have applied to:
Brown, USC, Georgetown, Occidental, Franklin College Switzerland (admitted), and USD.</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have any information on Franklin College Switzerland? They are offering me some money to come, but I have been unable to find its rank as a school. Thank you all.</p>
<p>Sirwatson: Some colleges, at least, will consider your opportunity to be a plus. Colleges, particularly selective ones such as Brown, also are accustomed to seeing applicants who want to defer for a year. In any case, you should check this with the admissions offices.
However, if you are awarded any merit (as oposed to need-based) scholarships, some schools may not look so favorably on your retaining the scholarship - or at last all 4 years of it - while deferring your attendance. Rightly or wrongly, some of them look on merit scholarships as an incentivce to attend their school in the fall. If you choose to delay that, they may cancel the scholarship, or one year of it, anyway. So you should check this question with the schools' Financial Aid offices (which are different than the Admissions offices).</p>
<p>You shouldn't lose anything by just asking about deferment, however.</p>