<p>Hi, so this is a complicated story and kind of annoying of me but i wanted to ask
Last year i got accepted to college A after not getting into any of my other choices. I was fairly happy and put down a deposit.
After a few months I got into college B off the waitlist, a much better college but farther away from home. I was really excited for College B and accepted. I notified college A I wouldn't be attending their college in the end. After a year of deferral, in which I've spent time traveling etc, I realized I would much rather be closer to home and changed my mind about what I wanted to study (a major in which College A does better). Basically, can I ask College A to take me back/reconsider me? Has this happened before? Do I stand a chance? I'd be willing to wait another year if their current class is full...
I know this is terrible because I'm bailing on my school (College B) which I had already sent a deposit for a while back. Do I have any options? is it terrible/immoral/illegal for me to switch?
Sorry for being unspecific and yeah, it's not an ideal situation.
I just want to know if I have any options... (reapplying isn't a realistic option, too risky)
Let me know! Thanks!
Sincerely,
Indecisive Teenage Fool</p>
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You can ask anyone just about anything. Whether they’ll agree is another issue ;-)</p>
<p>Look, the only people that know what’s going to happen are the admissions people at college A. Call and talk with them.</p>
<p>I don’t have much experience with this but my take: you declined college A so there isn’t an offer on the table ie you didn’t ask them for a deferral like you did with college B. Likely you have to reapply.</p>
<p>But certainly drop admissions a note and let them know your gap year, change of your reevaluation of academic interest and realization that they are the best one for you. I think you will have to tell them you have a current commitment because there are rules against applying to other colleges during gap years and you don’t want to do anything seen as unethical. You might have to decline B formally to apply to A (ad risk losing any spot.) But if it is all explored via email instead of a formal application that should be okay.</p>
<p>Do you think there will be any issue to start at college B and then transfer if that is still what you want to do after yer one or year two?</p>
<p>Please wait for other replies, as I’m just reasoning here without knowing the full implications. Do you have your old GC you can contact to discuss?</p>