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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/05/final-cpuc-administrators-discuss-gap-years

[quote]Due to housing and enrollment constraints, students who take gap years this fall may not be guaranteed immediate return to the University, according to a response from Dean Jill Dolan at the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting on Monday.

“We are not changing the policy for returning students or for newly admitted students,” Dolan said during the Q&A portion of the meeting. “If students do take a leave [of absence] or defer, we cannot guarantee that they’ll all be able to return in one year.”

Her response comes after some students, both at Princeton and across the nation, have expressed that they would prefer to take a gap year over participating in an online fall semester. If too many students choose to take leaves of absence for the 2020–21 school year, over-enrollment could occur the following year, putting a strain on housing and dining services.

Dolan went on to explain that returning students must contact their residential college deans about potential gap years, and newly admitted students must contact the admission office.[/quote][/quote]

Good for Princeton. In my opinion, any freshman who takes deferment just because things don't go the way they wanted is entitled and spoiled. None of life is going the way any of us want it to, most of us are not given a choice on how to proceed. If you defer, that's on you, not on those who keep moving forward. Why would Princeton want students who aren't resilient and strong enough to go with the flow and suck it up. [/quote]

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