<p>I know this is probably more school by school, but does anyone know if you can defer grad school admissions? Some undergraduate institutions will let you defer admission?</p>
<p>It may seem like a silly situation but there are two hefty "maybes" that could pop up in the near, but late enough future (ie. January of 2014) that make the grad school shuffle complicated.</p>
<p>I fully intend to attend grad school, but if either of these two situations pop up, I would need to defer for a year. I don't want to wait to apply until next year, and then be SOL if neither of these road block situations occurs.</p>
<p>I intend to contact the grad admissions office with my dilemma in hand - just wanted to hear what fellows thought.</p>
<p>I apologize if this is a stupid question.</p>
<p>*not sure/doubt reasons matter but the two reasons are </p>
<p>1: possibility of eye surgery occurring due to recent issues that have come to light</p>
<p>2: possibility my mum will be transferred to London for a year to work with her companies financial sector over there</p>
<p>It completely depends on the school. I know some schools let you defer admission for a year no questions asked. Other schools need a reason before approving this. You should email the schools you’re interested in and find out what their policy is.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s what I’m going to do I think, haha I tried to delete this last night because I realized afterwards that’s really the only way to know but you can’t delete on the app.</p>
<p>But thanks!</p>
<p>Most schools I have seen will not let you. In undergrad you are applying for one of thousands of essentially identical spots that are the same across years, but in grad school you are applying to fill a very specific position that will not typically BE there a year later! They will fill that very specific spot with someone about as qualified as you are, and when you apply the next year you can see if you can get a DIFFERENT very specific spot.</p>