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Durham - Gap year?

I read that for English they don't like this. However I have my heart set on a gap year, I need the earning time anyway, and yet I also desperately want to go to Durham. My mum (what she knows I don't know) told me they won't accept me if I defer...?

So I guess my basic question is has anyone got in with a gap year and do they not accept you?
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TKR
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if they offer you a place they aren't gonna take it away if you defer... especially if you explain why what you're doing on your gap year is useful and constructive...
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AdamTJ
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I'm not sure that's strictly true. I think Jelkin was in a similar situation, it might be worth talking to her.
It's maths and physics / similar where they don't like gap years, because you forget a lot of stuff... I don't see why there would be any problem for arts / social sciences.
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Jelkin
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Yep, when I asked to defer they told me where to go. I hate the English Department. It was nothing to do with my reasons for taking a gap year, just English Department policy - they didn't ask what I'd be doing or what my reasons were. However, if you apply for deferred entry then that's different - they have a limited number of spaces allocated for people who apply for deferred entry. If you already hold a place for 2007 entry, though, they won't let you defer. I reapplied anyway, because I was desperate for a gap year, and I was thankfully given another offer (to be honest it didn't really cross my mind too much that I might not get one). I suppose it depends how much you want a gap year!

EDIT: They don't mind you having a gap year at all, it's only if you ask to defer when you're already holding an offer that they refuse point blank. I begged and begged, especially when I'd got better grades than my offer, but they still said no.

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