Accepted by MIT but doesn't want to join yet?

collegealum314
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:29:04 +0000

There’s nothing about deferring admission in the article. And the kid was 15 but it looks like he was a senior in high school. So MIT didn’t do anything special by admitting him.

I’m sure there are no set policies about what would constitute a special deferral for 2 years. If you are training for the olympics or want to go to the peace corp for a couple of years (if you can even do that at 18,) then that would probably suffice.

But being young and wanting a couple of years to veg out is not a good reason.

Anyone can ask to defer for one year; you just have to give a decent reason.