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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Awful to take an ED spot and then defer for a Gap year. This year, in particular, that's not ok.  If I were the school, I would revoke your ED.

So many deserving kids who applied ED were ready to make a commitment to the school in the fall. If your kid wasn't, then he/she shouldn't have applied ED.
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Uh I don't think you understand how this works. Universities decide if deferring/gapping is approved or not. Applying ED has nothing to do with it. If anything it allows them to have a  better sense of RD admissions numbers so I think the ED who request gap years right away are actually doing everyone a favor.[/quote]

While I can understand the frustration of those who didn't nab the coveted ED spot, I don't think it is fair to take that out on someone who is looking to take a gap year after being admitted during ED.  The kid is still on the hook to enroll, just delaying it for a year given the circumstances.  Also a gap year isn't for everyone.  You need to be disciplined and focused to be able to return to academics after being out of school for an entire year.  So don't be so quick to judge, it is not helpful nor helpful.
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