Deferring Admission

WilliamC
Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:48:34 +0000

You’re going to have to call the program office (there’s likely a phone number in that congratulations email) with your deferral documentation in hand and talk to someone. Odds are good you’ll end up explaining your situation 2 or 3 times until you get the right person on the line.

Once you get the right person on the line, get their physical address and send a physical letter confirming your conversation and your deferral and ask that it be put in your file. (Let them know you’re sending it of course.) Ask if you need to contact the university and/or graduate school as well.

You can’t rely on email for this sort of thing. Be patient - it shouldn’t be a problem, but it may be a little time consuming.