<p>Will my chances of getting accepted in the Spring be slimmer if I decline their Fall offer?</p>
<p>Call and ask the school, you may be able to defer for a semester.</p>
<p>You will need to check each college to which you intend to apply since colleges vary as to whether they will allow you to defer a semester or, for some, a year, and a number don’t allow it all, in which case the only option is that you can just reapply, but often not for spring but instead the next fall.</p>