Defer Articles

Can taking a year off actually work to your advantage?

While students are expecting to read the words “…pleased to inform you that your have been accepted...” and are praying fervently not to read “…regret to inform you...” students may not be aware that there are several other acceptance decisions that admissions offices use. Here are a few of the other common admissions decisions applicants may consider.

Every year, tens of thousands of applicants to colleges are not given a definitive answer and instead are waitlisted or deferred. Although these answers both amount to “maybe,” the subtleties are pretty different.