<p>if I get accepted but need to defer a year, would i need to send them my transcripts right away or when i start going to school there?</p>
<p>You usually can’t defer your admission but if you managed to be allowed to defer your admission i’d assume they would want to see your transcripts immediately because it wouldn’t make sense to save a spot for a student without making sure their transcripts didn’t have any issues.</p>
<p>May a student be admitted for one term but defer enrollment until a subsequent term?</p>
<p>UCB
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment. However, the Colleges of Letters and Science, Engineering, Natural Resources and Environmental Design may offer spring admission to several hundred applicants whom the University was unable to accommodate for the fall semester. Most of these spaces are in the College of Letters and Science. In addition, students with special circumstances may write to the director of admissions (110 Sproul Hall #5800, Berkeley, CA 94720-5800) to defer admission to a later term; such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>UCD
The Deferred Enrollment Program allows newly admitted undergraduate students to postpone their initial enrollment at UC Davis for up to one year. The purpose of deferred enrollment is to allow students time to pursue opportunities that will assist them in clarifying their personal and educational goals (e.g., job opportunities, non-collegiate experience, and additional time to resolve personal or medical problems). Students are not allowed to enroll in another college or university during this time. Students can submit the deferred enrollment application and $60 fee through their MyAdmissions web page after they have submitted their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by the deadline. In addition, students must also satisfy all University admission and entrance requirements, as well as UC Davis’s campus selection criteria. The final deadline to submit a deferred enrollment application is the first day of the quarter in which the student was admitted.</p>
<p>UCI
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment. However, a student with a compelling reason, (i.e., medical, military) for not entering in the quarter for which he or she was admitted may request a deferment of enrollment to a subsequent term by writing a letter to the director of admissions (204 Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-1075) stating the reason for the request. The student will have to file a new admission application for the deferred term.</p>
<p>UCLA
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment; students are admitted to the term for which they applied. However, written requests for deferred enrollment will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>UCM
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment. However, a student with a compelling reason may request deferment of enrollment to a subsequent term by writing a letter to the director of admissions (5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343), stating the reason for the request. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis for a maximum deferment of one year.</p>
<p>UCR
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment; students are admitted to the term for which they applied. However, written requests for deferred enrollment will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>UCSD
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment. There is no formal policy, however; occasional exceptions are made on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>UCSB
Generally, admitted students may not defer enrollment. There is no formal policy, however; occasional exceptions are made on a case-by-case basis.</p>
<p>UCSC
UC Santa Cruz does not automatically grant requests for delayed enrollment. Students who are interested in deferring enrollment must write a letter of appeal to the associate director of admissions (150 Hahn Student Services, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064) explaining their circumstances. Unless the appeal is granted, the applicant should request that all existing application materials be retained, and file a new application for the desired quarter. In the event that the request for delayed enrollment crosses academic years, a new application must be filed for consideration.</p>
<p>My D has been admitted as a Freshman to UCSD, UCSB and UCSC. But we are out of state and cannot afford to go. She is talking about taking a gap year, perhaps to work and make money, take classes or even enroll in a travel abroad program, but the UCs don’t allow deferred entry. What is the best strategy here? Is there any possible way to avoid loosing her seat in one of these schools?
– Go for one quarter and withdraw?
– Stay home, take basic freshman classes, transfer as sophomore?
– Having been admitted once, will she retain any advantage if she must re-apply next year?</p>
<p>^You’re probably going to need to call admissions to get a reliable answer. It sounds like you may have to file an appeal directly to the director of admissions and explain why your daughter cannot attend. As far as your last two questions, typically UCs only admit junior level transfers, so transferring as a sophomore isn’t really feasible. If your daughter can manage to meet all the transfer requirements in one year, which includes a total of 60 transferable units, then she’ll be admitted as a junior level transfer. As far as I know, there isn’t any advantage transfering again after already having been admitted. Because they only evaluate your college academic record and don’t even have you report your high school record, anything preceding your college record is going to irrelevant. Also, the evaluation criteria can be completely different for transfers compared to high school applicants. Typically, many of the UCs take a holistic approach for evaluating high school applicants, whereas they tend to focus on academic preparedness as a transfer student. As a transfer, GPA and pre-requisite completion are emphasised whereas for a high school student test scores and extracurricular activities can play a heavy role in admission.</p>