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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Defer from the accepted school for a year - do not decline (say its to help grandparents on the family farm, should be fine).

2. Let him go work on the farm!  He will mature and do manual labor and spend time with grandparents - win/win/win.

3.  He applies again, writing his essay about helping out on the family farm, which lead him to apply to different schools.

4. He gets in at new schools, or, he attends the one he deferred.  Make it clear that these are the only options, he can have a gap year on the farm, but he has to go to college after that[/quote]

This is a very reasonable plan 
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Terrible plan !

Do NOT defer if he decides to take a gap year. Why defer an acceptance to a school that he does not want to attend ?

[b]How does a deferral affect his ability to apply to other schools next cycle ?[/b][/quote]

It's only a terrible plan if it limits him from applying elsewhere. As other posters have stated, this kid might not truly understand why he is drawn to take a gap year and might not improve his acceptances if he does take the gap year and reapply. If he's allowed to defer at least he has that in his back pocket and who knows what he'll think a year from now. These kids change and mature SO much in these few short years and maybe after 6 months on a farm and a new round of applications his current acceptance will look different to him. [/quote]

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