I need help understanding what it means to say yes to a college. I’ve been accepted to a couple of colleges and I am pretty positive on taking a break, but my teacher told me to accept the offer from UCLA just in case I change my mind later. I am just worried about the consequences of accepting an admission decision and I don’t really have a lot of time. I also was thinking of holding my position for now and go next school year. Does this mean I have to say yes now? Please help!
If you take your break, do you intend to re-apply to other colleges or is the idea of going to UCLA in Sept '16 sound good to you? If the latter, then accept UCLA’s offer and request a one year deferral. They’ll gladly hold the spot for you. The caveat is that you don’t apply again to other colleges in Dec 2015
Oh ok. I actually feel overwhelmed right now and I don’t really know what my best option would be. That is partly why I am taking a break. So I’m not really sure if I am going to want to stay with UCLA.
But if I am not allowed to apply to other colleges, I probably shouldn’t defer unless I can say nevermind when I decide what I’m going to do.
If I choose to defer, do I have to go online and state that I am going to this school and pay the fees?
UCLA does not allow you defer you admission, so if you do not want to go this year and plan to take a GAP year, you will have to reapply. Exception would be for Miltary service.
i understand. thank you
oops. I was confusing – what I meant to say was that if you accept UCLA’s offer and request a deferral, THEN you aren’t allowed to apply to other colleges during the gap year.
If you accept no college’s offer, then you’re 100% free to apply in Dec '15
I would recommend accepting the offer and requesting deferral. If you are a CA resident, it will be hard to replicate the bang for the buck you’ll get at UCLA (or Berkeley) anywhere else. The potential loss of a deposit fee seems like a reasonable insurance premium vs. the stress of another application cycle IMHO. You can always opt to go elsewhere and forfeit your deposit if that seems like the road you need to take.
If you want to, you can accept the offer and pay the deposit, and then decide any time between now and just before classes start whether you will actually attend or not. If you decide not to attend this fall, you will contact the university, thank them most sincerely for their offer, and let them know that your plans have changed and that you won’t be attending. They will keep your deposit money. You will need to make certain that you do this before any bills for the fall are generated so that you are not in a position to owe any money other than that enrollment deposit.