<p>I recently got accepted off the waiting list and wanted to know if it was possible to accept a place at DUkE, but to enroll in Fall 2009 not 2008. I really hope I can do this.</p>
<p>Yeah, you should be able to. One of my best friends on campus deferred to do a foreign exchange program. Just contact the admissions office and explain to them your reasons for doing so, and as long as you have a viable reason it shouldn't be a problem.</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the information. Anyone know of reasons which would be considered acceptable or which you know have let others defer admission? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I'd imagine just about anything except sitting around doing nothing. If you tell Duke you just need to "take a break" from school they'll probably be a bit skeptical, but if you're doing say, a foreign exchange program, interning somewhere, or volunteering abroad, things of that nature it shouldn't be a problem. If it is also for personal, family reasons I am sure they wouldn't mind either.</p>