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[quote=Anonymous]I am surprised by all of these negative responses. There’s nothing wrong with taking a gap year. However, he should defer the school he was excepted to, not decline it. He should be able to defer, keep that in his back pocket, and reapply to a few other schools. There’s nothing wrong with this.

This is very common among Europeans and it’s becoming more common among wealthy people in the United States. If you guys are from rural farming backgrounds, you may not realize that. I come from both backgrounds and in the whirl area and the kids who didn’t go to college right away didn’t land well all the time. Sounds like you guys are more privilege now and he will probably just take a year off and go back to college.

However, as I said above, he should defer the place where he was excepted. And he should stay on the waitlist at the others and then either attend one of those or e accept and defer.

I think going to work on the grandparents farm for a year can make for a very good admission essay.[/quote]

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