Deffering UCAS

Heya,

Ok, my friend at college applied for his uni course which starts this september. He was accepted a conditional offer with firm accepted. He has now changed his mind and wants to do a gap year instead, and do the course september next year. He said he is going to defer his entry, but is this possible? Is there a deadline by which this has to be done?

Reply 1

chester.

Contact the uni directly asap! Depending on the course and which uni it is, they mite b okay with deferring but they dont have to! Good luck! :wink:

Reply 2

*River

He needs to contact his firm and insurance (if applicable) and ask them if they will defer his offer. They're not under any obligation to do this though.

Reply 3

notsoperfect

i think the deadline is right up to the start of term. definitely until after results come through.

i did this a few years ago, leeds and sheffield didn't even ask my reasons for deferring, they just let me :smile:

so he should be fine.

Reply 4

kellywood_5

You can defer up to results day, but I'd ask sooner rather than later because come results day, they'll be swamped with many more important things to sort out.

Reply 5

kellywood_5

JellyBelly2007

Ok thanks, i'll let him know!

One last question, since he is deferring to next year (2008), does he still have to get the grades he needs this year by August 31st (2007)?

He is thinking about re-sitting the second year of the course he is doing at the moment next year, which means he won't get his overall results until August (2008)!

I think with deferred offers, you still have to get the grades the year before you go, but I'm not 100% sure about that, so he should check with the uni or UCAS. If he doesn't get the grades, they might let him in anyway, and if they don't, he'll just have to reapply while resitting during his gap year.