<p>Just to clarify the answers to your questions Sikorsky: </p>
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<li><p>Brandeis has a lot of defers, and it really doesn’t matter if you tell us you intend to defer or not. It won’t change how we review your application. This may be different at other institutions, but at Brandeis, it doesn’t matter to us whether or not you intend to defer.</p></li>
<li><p>Early Decision students are more than welcome to defer for a year, and many do.</p></li>
<li><p>If a student is awarded a merit scholarship, this scholarship is awarded for the next 4 years. So if a student defers for a year, they will receive 3 years of the merit scholarship. At many other institutions, a student would lose the entire merit scholarship, but at Brandeis, you’d only lose one year (for one year of deferment). </p></li>
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<p>I hope this information helps.</p>
<p>Jeff Wong
Admissions Counselor
Brandeis University</p>