<p>If it were me I would take the gap year and give up Vassar. I don’t think they’ll waive the requirement she attend next year, they seemed pretty strict about that in all of the their letters and stuff. She has an amazing opportunity to attend a school that she really likes, plus take a gap year in a program she’s really excited for. Although Vassar is an amazing school, she’s got an alternative that is really really hard to beat, and I think her next five years will be absolutely amazing if she sticks with the gap year and Wellesley. That being said, I dont think she’d be disapointed or unhappy if she went to Vassar, but she might feel like she missed out on an opportunity with the gap year. </p>
<p>Beyond that, tell her congratulations on getting accepted!!! That is really really amazing and exciting. However, don’t let the excitement of being accepted become a shiny new thing that blinds her from the amazing plan she currently has. </p>
<p>This is the opinion of one girl that may or may not be slightly jaded from a few months of being at the mercy of every college on her list. Good luck and I hope you keep us posted on the final decision!!!</p>