Deferring excuses

[BlameItOnTheNurse]

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I was always wondering what u have to say in order for a particular school to let u defer...any ideas. I would not have a valid reason, but if i was accepted and wanted to chill for a year... what could i tell the school, that would not get me booted.
I wont tell anyone the secret on how to be deferred if u post...

 

[SMW]

I was just honest and told them what I would actually be doing for the coming year -- teaching, which I said would be good since good doctoring requires good teachihg skills, plus I wanted to make some money while having a break between the intense pre-med years and the intense med school years, and getting out of my parents' house where I've been living since graduating from college. It seemed to work.

 

[DrBlueDevil]

The dean of admissions (or someone on the adcom...I can't remember exactly what her position was) at Harvard med came to talk to our school 2 years ago, and she encouraged us to defer for whatever reason. She went on to say that an applicant told her he wanted a year off to be a ski bum, and that she was happy to grant him that.

 

[lady bug]

I would ask call the office of admissions anonymously and ask about their deferment policies and under what circumstances they grant a deferment...and how lenient they are about it. Also, see if you can find & speak to some of their current med students that have deferred in the past. Good luck!

 

[CANES2006]

Blame, why are you asking this question? 😕 Since you already started medical school, I think it is too late to defer, right? Of course, I might be wrong. Is medical school so bad already? 🙁 Catch you later. 🙂

 

[lady bug]

He's probably thinking about deferring if he get's into UM...like trying out FSU for a year and having the UM deferred for security just in case he doesn't like FSU...am I right Blame?

 

[CANES2006]

UM doesn't allow deferrals.

 

[BlameItOnTheNurse]

Ladybug,
You are way to smart...you should be a doctor or something...
it was just a simple question... :wink:

 

[mile_26]

Is that true? They can "boot" you for applying for a deferral? Wouldn't they just say 'NO'? 😕

 

[nezlab99]

I think I might try to defer, but not if they can kick me out just for asking.
I was thinking of just saying that I think I might be more succesful in med school if I spend a year fulfilling other ambitions so that I may focus more on med school during my time there.

 

[mile_26]

bump--

 

[English Chick]

I was just granted a deferral from UC Davis. I pretty much just said that I was getting married and was applying for jobs. I don't even have a job yet. Apparently they're not too picky about these things. I was all set to lie, and say I was pregnant or something, but now I'm glad I didn't bother.

 

[Ceez]

Damn. I really want to defer my BU acceptance, but they don't allow deferrals. And I don't really want to lie to BU in order to get an exception.

 

[SMW]

Right, lying would be a bad idea. People who think they may want to defer should find out sooner rather than later whether the schools they're applying to consider deferral requests.