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So I had a friend a few years back who was wait listed at Duke into the summer months. In June/July he got a letter from the school basically saying that if he wanted, he could send a letter to back to Duke right away saying that he would like to be considered for admission for the next cycle and they'd let him know within 2-3 weeks. He did, and got in. So he basically matriculated at Duke a year later than he otherwise would have, had he gotten in originally.

My question: Is this unique to Duke? Has anyone heard of this happening at other schools? Just curious.

NU gave me an offer of deferred admission with a scholly this cycle so it's not just Duke.

Happened a lot at UVa the last couple of years when we were overmatriculated.

Anyone else?

I've heard of it happening at various schools. It's not a ton of people every year, but once in a while a school will realize they've overbooked a class, or they've got more qualified applicants than they expected.

Northwestern's deferral+full ride isn't because the class is overbooked; it's because the applicant is otherwise very qualified but doesn't have any work experience. NU is very big on keeping that number high, so they'll trade the applicant a full ride for a year to go get some WE.

People also request deferred admission for various reasons (health issue, dream job opportunity, family crisis, etc.) This is probably much more common. I myself deferred voluntarily (no full-ride, sadly) at NU last year and will be entering with the class of 2015 this fall.