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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My super smart 24 year old was going to apply to grad school for fall 2021 entry but realized in early April that applications would be down and he should shoot for starting this fall. He finished his application in two days and got into a top ten program with a ton of merit aid. Schools are begging kids to enroll right now. May be a missed opportunity to wait a year. 
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Good for him!

I just can't see waiting to apply.  If it means doing on-line classes to hold my kid's place at the university when it opens, I will pay for that.  My kid is aiming at University of Chicago, Yale, Cornell and Penn. If he gets accepted to one of those, I will pay for on-line classes to  make sure he has a place when campus re-opens. It's not ideal, but nothing is ideal right now. [/quote]

If a student is accepted for a gap year, they do not reapply...they simply join the following class and matriculate a year later.

How prevalent are these requests for gap years ?  Most recent HS class of 2020 that I know are matriculating as planned in spite of the remote learning.  I am only aware of a very few taking gap year and for some of those, they had always planned for it, even before the pandemic. [/quote]

My kid who enrolled at a top 20 just got a gap year approved.  She has a paid internship this summer, her boss jokingly said she wished they could keep her for a year bc she is cheap labor, the U released 90% online in the fall, DD asked her boss if she is serious, they wrote a letter to the school and she was just approved yesterday.

The majority of her friend's going to "elite" schools have asked to defer (unless they got in for sports or have lots of financial aid which some college counselors are saying might be more at risk as the average salary decreases).  About 50% have been approved. [/quote]

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