Well, here's what the college of engineering says:
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If I am unable to attend the semester for which I am admitted, will Berkeley defer my admission to a later term?
A. No. Admission is valid only for the term in which you are admitted. If you wish to attend Berkeley in a future term, you must reapply without an admission guarantee. You will compete with all applicants who apply for the same term.
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http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/admissions/faq.html
So if you got into CoE, there's your answer. You're probably in the College of Letters and Sciences though, for which I didn't find a similar Q&A. (maybe another poster here could find one?) L&S might be more lenient than CoE so I'd encourage you to just call up the admissions office and ask if you can defer your admission.