Second year acceptances, but not first??

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<p>Hi - new user here,</p>

<p>I’ve just finished high school, and two of my classmates recently caught my attention with their interesting acceptance stories.</p>

<p>One of them applied early decision to Cornell and was deferred. Later, she was waitlisted during regular decisions. Afterwards, she received a letter saying that the university still really wanted her, but not for first year. Instead, they wanted her to come for sophomore year after attending first year elsewhere.</p>

<p>The other classmate basically had the same story, except with Columbia.</p>

<p>Has anyone ever heard of universities doing this??</p>

<p>I’ve honestly never come across anything like this in my university research, so I thought I’d see if others find it perfectly normal.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Cornell does it all the time in their land grant schools. Many schools ask kids to wait for spring term. Never heard of Columbia doing either.</p>