<p>Can someone tell me a little more about deferring acceptance to a college? I know that most colleges allow it, but are you guaranteed admission the next year, or can you be "bumped" if they over enroll?</p>
<p>Thanks. :)</p>
<p>I don't know that you can assume most colleges allow it--but certainly many do support the idea. Those that do will probably have a statement about this in their catalogue (under something like Admissions Provisions). In our case it stated explicitly that any admitted student could defer for a year as long as they had paid the admission deposit by the date required on their acceptance. (This deposit is not refundable if you then fail to matriculate.)</p>
<p>If you are "guaranteed" admission you would not be bumped, because they are counting on you to matriculate with the next class. They will probably ask you to cofirm you matriculation plans before their final admits are concluded as well. </p>
<p>When my son decided to defer, he wrote the dean of admissions to say he wanted to defer and described a general plan for what he would be doing during the year. The dean responded with a very supportive letter--and asked my son to contact him again in November about how his year was going and to confirm his plan to come in fall 2006. (He was an ED admit; you might have an April confirmation date with RD, I don't know.)</p>