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If an applicant selected “Defer” in their Decision Reply Form, but you do not wish to approve a deferral, we ask that you reach out to the applicant directly. Inform them that a deferral is not approved and that they will need to give you an Accept or Decline decision via email. Once they have informed you of their decision, please forward their email to your evaluator so that we can update their Slate & ISIS records. Note: in these situations we ask that you still allow the applicant the opportunity to Accept or Decline admission. This situation would not be considered a “Deny” as the applicant has already been offered admission. Denying at this stage would be rescinding an offer of admission, which should only be done in extremely rare circumstances.
Can an applicant who initially accepted admission go back and change their decision to defer?
Applicants who already submitted their Decision Reply Form will not be able to go back and change that decision. Any applicant who wishes to change their decision needs to notify their department. Once you have been notified by the applicant that they would like to defer, please forward the applicant’s email to your evaluator so that we can verify this change has been approved by both the applicant and the department. Note: We cannot defer students if they are already enrolled in courses; please make sure students withdraw from courses before notifying us to defer their admission.
Slate
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