<p>I have entered Wesleyan class of 2018 and I am really happy. Either way I have been thinking about taking a gap year for a long time and, even though I have entered university, I still want to proceed with this project. The Wes website states the following about students who want to defer their enrollment at the uni for an year:
During the gap year I am thinking in retaking my SATs and applying for Stanford and some Ivies. Can I do so? And should I apply as freshman or transfer student?</p>
<p>Are you asking whether you can get away with breaking the very first agreement you make with an American institution of higher learning before you’ve even set foot in the country? You probably can. Is it worth devoting a year of your life chasing after a Stanford acceptance when one of the finest undergraduate Physics departments in the country has a seat waiting for you? Only you can answer that one. </p>
<p>Yes, you’d be applying as a freshman, and yes, college administrators do lurk these forums.</p>
<p>I didn’t say so. I am taking the gap year because I already have everything planned for a long time. Even if I entered Stanford I would still take it. However, given that I will have another year to apply for new universities, I may apply for Stanford and some other Ivies because their education system suits me best. I would just like to know how can I do so. Stop distorting things.</p>
<p>^^It’s not a distortion if it accurately reflects what you wrote. You would still be in violation of your agreement not to apply to another college should you be granted a gap year. It’s no exaggeration to suggest that no admissions officer in their right mind would grant such permission knowing you’re only using their college as a place holder. If you are not sure whether Wesleyan is the right place for you at this point in your life, you should give your place to someone who is sure.</p>
<p>“Students granted a deferral cannot make any further admission applications to other institutions or enroll full time in any other institution of higher education.”</p>
<p>What part of this says it’s OK to request a deferral and ask the college to hold a spot for you while you apply to Stanford?</p>
<p>“I may apply for Stanford and some other Ivies because their education system suits me best. I would just like to know how can I do so”</p>
<p>One way for you to ethically take a gap year, and apply to Stanford, is to turn this spot down, and let someone who would love to have it accept it. You can also be true to your word, accept a spot now, or defer it and not apply anywhere else. However, you can’t both be ethical and proceed with your plan. </p>
<p>You guys are annoying, but eventually answered my question.
I would just like to restress that my question was whether I could do so, applying for other unis. Having to send a letter by March of the deferral year to reaffirm intention of entering Wes mislead me to think that one could cancel the matriculation, thus leaving me with the question of whether applying to other universities was possible. In between all the insults and teases you actually told me that no, I couldn’t.</p>
<p>You are a Portugese student with a 2120 SAT score that needs financial aid. You are very fortunate that you were admitted to Wesleyan. Perhaps they will rescind the offer when they see your post. </p>
<p>Sampaico96: Considering your apparent inability to read, it’s amazing you somehow got into Wesleyan. I don’t think Stanford is in your future, somehow.</p>
<p>From your original post:</p>
<p>“Students granted a deferral cannot make any further admission applications to other institutions or enroll full time in any other institution of higher education.”</p>
<p>You then have the temerity to ask in a popular online forum whether it’s all right to do the exact opposite of what is required by the rule you yourself posted and attributed to the official Wesleyan website.</p>
<p>Your intention was to cheat in order to get into the school you really wanted, and you asked us to help you give Wesleyan the shaft. </p>
<p>Please do not matriculate at Wesleyan. My understanding is that cheaters aren’t welcome there and are, in fact, encouraged to go away.</p>
<p>You guys are limited; I will clarify it again - led by some doubts that I had when I read the text, I created the thread with the intention of knowing whether it was possible or not to apply to other universities. Whether it was cheating or not. Currently I am deciding if I matriculate in Wes or if I defer the application and take a gap year and apply next year to other universities. I have not intentions of cheating, come on, I’m Portuguese, dudes. We’re honest people. Stop with the cynicism.</p>
<p>If I have to send a letter restating my interest after the gap year it is because it is not clear that I will matriculate after taking it. There would be no letter if students could not defer the application by the end of the gap year. It’s just this that confused me.</p>
<p>@sampaio96, you have to send a letter reaffirming your intent to enroll because…SHOCK…some people take a gap year and then decide they want to stay in the Peace Corp or continue traveling the world or volunteering with a program they are passionate about. Not because they have been admitted elsewhere…an option that is CLEARLY not allowed in the agreement you make with Wes. </p>
<p>Please remember you are holding a spot that someone else really wants. If you want to roll the dice and spend a year raising your scores and reapplying, then great! I salute you and your efforts. You can re-apply to Wes at the same time you apply to Stanford.</p>