How to find out if you can defer?

Applying to College
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Student applies senior year of HS and an amazing opportunity comes along. For schools where you get accepted how does deferment of one year work?

Request on an individual basis? Or does each school have a set policy and do some not allow it? Do they typically have that info on their websites or do you have to ask? And if merit based aid is involved that doesn’t carry over correct?

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It is usually on the web sties. You can also ask the school directly.

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The fastest way to find out is to go to the latest Common Data Set for that school. It will list whether deferrment is possible, and for how long.

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Request on an individual basis. In my experience, almost all highly ranked schools are fine with it. @Rdtsmith

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Thank you all!