Deferring for a year after early decision acceptance

[lumpyduster]

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Hi everyone,

I just got a 2 year postbac position at the NIH, and I think I'm gonna take the job.

My state school will not accept my 2014 MCAT after the 2016 cycle and it's actually my top choice due to cost/location. My state school admits a lot of people via ED and I think with my stats, assuming I don't totally blow the interview, I would get it.

The benefit of doing ED is that 1. I'm like 90% sure this is the school I would go to even if I did apply elsewhere and 2. I would get to pick my campus. The state is Indiana and to be honest I wouldn't want any other city except for Indianapolis and maybe bloomington.

TLDR - I want to apply ED this cycle but defer a year - do you guys think that would be possible? I can't apply to my state school ED or regular decision next year unless I take the new MCAT and my current score is actually good and I would rather not take the new one if I don't have to. I really want to do the IRTA program since my state schools research doesn't seem to be that great (good for primary care though - which is my goal).

Obligatory Stats: 3.9 GPA, 35 MCAT, 250 hours clinical volunteering, 120 hours shadowing, 150 hours non clinical volunteering, 1000+ hours of research and a 1st author publication in JACS, other small roles in clubs- no leadership positions

 

[raiderette]

Your state actually does have good research, even starting freshman year. Call the school to find out about the deferral policy. You may have to sacrifice the preferred location.

 

[HCHopeful]

tl;dr = too long, didn't read

You sort of made that part longer than the first part...

On the real, though, this is just a situation where you'll need to call up the school. I have no knowledge of Indiana, but as an IS kid with those stats you should be a no-brainer unless you don't interview well.

 

[lumpyduster]

Your state actually does have good research, even starting freshman year. Call the school to find out about the deferral policy. You may have to sacrifice the preferred location.

tl;dr = too long, didn't read

You sort of made that part longer than the first part...

On the real, though, this is just a situation where you'll need to call up the school. I have no knowledge of Indiana, but as an IS kid with those stats you should be a no-brainer unless you don't interview well.

Haha yeah I realize that - by the time I got done writing I decided I didn't care and just submitted. I called the school and they said the do allow deferrals on a case by case basis, even with early decision, so hopefully it would work out for me.