Should this year's high school juniors plan for applying DURING a gap year?

Eeyore123
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:10:11 +0000

If colleges allow deferred admission, as long as the entrant notifies them by the required date, the college cannot change the rules midstream

@parentologist I looked up a few deferral policies online. They all had criteria to allow for a deferral. You can’t just say that you want one. The threat of classes being online wouldn’t satisfy any of them. Ohio State explicitly had a COVID-19 item. It was for hardships caused by it. That would most likely be significant loss of income. Most of not all also required you to apply by May 1st.

the college cannot change the rules midstream

Yes the can. Most are written so vague and leave the determination of acceptable reasons up to the school. What are you going to do if they do “change”? Sue them? Now you are on a multi year gap year.