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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a guess, but I imagine [b]admission offices might have some hard number of deferments they are not willing to go over[/b].  First come, first served sort of approach.  Those 2020 who want to defer should get that done ASAP.

Hopefully we'll know more next week perhaps, for schools with May 1 deadlines.[/quote]

I was speaking with a relative about this. She is a VP for a very well-known and respected university with a >10% acceptance rate.  The colleges and universities will only allow a limited number of deferrals.  It is a decision they make for financial reasons.  Like all businesses, they need the revenue for this upcoming year, not the year after.  They aren't going to hold a vast number of student slots open for 1.5 years from now.  That would be like Amazon saying, 'Sure, it's fine.  We'll hold your TP for you and deliver it in 1.5 years when you're ready to pay.'  Nope, not gonna happen.[/quote]

There are lots of kids on the waitlist who will pay now.[/quote]

+1  Yes, thank you for adding that.  I didn't include it when I posted but that is exactly the same thing my relative said.  I was just trying to be brief and left out 90% of our conversation.

Here is more of what she said.  The colleges and universities gain nothing from accepting deferrals.  They've got a crop of ripe and ready 21s eager to apply so the colleges and universities don't need to accept the deferrals and see that it actually would work against them to do so.  So they'll take what they get and then start going through the wait list.  The wait list isn't kids who didn't make the cut, they are just kids who didn't meet whatever demographics they were looking for.  As seniors bow out, the schools will start filling in the empty slots.

Now my relative also said that some of the borderline places will accept deferrals, probably for a fee.  That may sound like good news but you have to view it realistically.  There will always be colleges and universities who are happy to take your money.  Not only the for-profit places but almost all of the places just getting by.  As long as you know what you're paying for, though, then it all comes out in the wash.[/quote]

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