Hello all,
My son’s guidance counselor said that schools expect ED admits to matriculate the following fall, meaning that you should not apply ED if you plan to take a gap year.
I realize that this is something that we will have to check with the specific school if my son decides to apply ED somewhere – but I would be curious to hear of some people’s experiences with ED and gap years. Is the request to defer treated differently than a request to defer from a student admitted RD? Thanks!
Lisa
I think it is probably college specific. My D’s college allows ED students to take a gap year, but my D20’s favorite school (for now) does not.
A lot of programs I have looked at recently only allow students to delay enrollment for one term. Some don’t allow a delay. This seems to have become more strict with schools over the last 10 years. Maybe consider delaying applying until the cycle for the following year? Definitely check with the programs you guys are interested in though, because it does seem to vary.