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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think schools will be harder on 2021 kids who apply with the class of 2022.  They will have to do something exceptional in their gap year to prove that they weren't trying to game the system by avoiding the slots taken by the class of 2020 who deferred.  For 2020 kids, when they applied to colleges, and (most often) accepted at a school, they had no idea what would happen. That isn't true with the class of 2021.   Top colleges will definitely consider this since applications will be even more "holistic" for the next two years -- at least.[/quote]

You are not understanding that gap years are granted after admittance.  The student applies during senior year with all the others and then after admittance...request to matriculate the following year.  They do not then have to reapply.

Of course some students may delay application to college until after HS graduation but that would be different then a traditional gap year.

Class of 2021 will apply to college this year like every other year.  Then some will choose to wait a year (or may be asked to wait a year due to these unusual circumstances but that is another story)[/quote]

My understanding is that the original poster was saying that her child would wait a year to apply - to avoid all of the 2020 deferrers. Remember people, that just because you apply with the plan of a gap year, it doesn't mean that you will get it. It is a request, not an entitlement. [/quote]

Not sure about all institutions but my gap year rising freshman's ivy said they will accept the normal number of students into the class of 2025 regardless of number of 2024 deferrals into 2025 [/quote]

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